PEOPLE v. FOUNTAIN

No. 4 October Term 1973, Docket No. 54,489.

392 Mich. 395 (1974)

221 N.W.2d 375

PEOPLE v. FOUNTAIN PEOPLE v. RONALD CARTER PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Rehearing denied November 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Thomas M. Khalil, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Carl Ziemba, for defendants on appeal.


T.G. KAVANAGH, J.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed their conviction and awarded new trials to each of the defendants.

The defendants were convicted of second-degree murder by a jury in recorder's court.

During the course of the trial 1 of the 14 jurors comprising the panel was importuned by someone who talked to that juror about the case. She reported the incident to the judge in chambers:

"The Court...

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