PEOPLE v. LaFORTE

Docket No. 25025.

75 Mich. App. 582 (1977)

256 N.W.2d 44

PEOPLE v. LaFORTE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward R. Wilson, Research, Training & Appeals, and Robert E. Edick, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Lawrence B. MacDonald, for defendant on appeal.

Before: R.B. Burns, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and D.C. RILEY, JJ.


D.C. RILEY, J.

A jury convicted defendant of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny. MCLA 750.110; MSA 28.305. He appeals and we reverse.

This case is but a variation on tired themes orchestrated many times before by the instant trial prosecutor. Once again the prosecutor has devoted lengthy portions of his cross-examination and summation to areas only marginally relevant but clearly prejudicial...

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