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PEOPLE v. BURNETT

Docket No. 17641.

55 Mich. App. 649 (1974)

223 N.W.2d 110

PEOPLE v. BURNETT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Harbert, Jr., Battle Creek City Attorney, for the people.

William L. Coash, Legal Aid Society of Calhoun County, Richard M. Skutt and Alan W. Houseman, Michigan Legal Services Assistance Program, and John L. Barkai, Wayne State University Law School, for defendant.

Amici Curiae: Sigmund A. Beras, Southfield City Attorney, Sherwin M. Birnkrant, City of Pontiac — Director of Law, George B. Catlin, Grosse Point Woods City Attorney, Phillip L. Poole, Southfield Assistant City Attorney, Frederick R. Felix, Pontiac Deputy City Attorney, and Donald H. Hann and John R. Marquis, Holland Deputy City Attorneys, for Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Sheldon M. Meizlish, for American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and R.L. SMITH, JJ.

T.M. BURNS, J.

Defendant Peggy Burnett is charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor, a misdemeanor pursuant to § 9.155 of the Battle Creek Code. Upon conviction of that offense, an accused may be incarcerated in the county jail for 90 days, fined not more than $500, or both.1

Defendant filed a timely written request for a jury trial in the district court. The district court, by order entered July 15, 1972, denied that request...

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