PEOPLE v. ATKINS

Docket No. 19025.

58 Mich. App. 503 (1975)

228 N.W.2d 435

PEOPLE v. ATKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Donald A. Burge, Prosecuting Attorney, and Stephen M. Wheeler, Chief of Appellate Division, for the people.

Brignall, DeVries & Lamb, P.C., for defendant.

Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., JJ.


V.J. BRENNAN, P.J.

Defendant, John H. Atkins, was convicted by a jury in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court of armed robbery in violation of MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797. In the course of the three-day trial, the trial judge questioned the defendant on five occasions. The colloquies between the trial court and the defendant covered 5 of 196 pages of transcribed testimony. The questioning involved determining the last name of a friend of the defendant, locating a landmark...

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