PEOPLE v. MATA

Docket No. 20619.

68 Mich. App. 337 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 574

PEOPLE v. MATA

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, E. Brady Denton, Prosecuting Attorney, and Peter C. Jensen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Sharon M. Sloan, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and DANHOF, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

M.J. KELLY, P.J.

Defendant was found guilty of delivery of heroin on the testimony of one Thomas Cooper, a paid police informant. While appeal was pending in this Court, remand was ordered on motion of the defendant for an evidentiary hearing to "inquire into the existence or nonexistence of promises of leniency given to witness Thomas Cooper in exchange for his testimony". The question, of course, is whether or not defendant Mata...

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