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PEOPLE v. DIXON

Docket No. 77-373.

84 Mich. App. 675 (1978)

270 N.W.2d 488

PEOPLE v. DIXON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Fred R. Hunter, III, Prosecuting Attorney, and Thomas C. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Prosecuting Attorneys Appellate Service, for the people.

Janet Tooley, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for the defendant on appeal.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and ALLEN and H.E. DEMING, JJ.

H.E. DEMING, J.

On July 27, 1976, defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This prosecution arose out of the fatal shooting of a police officer on January 9, 1976. Defendant admitted shooting the officer but claimed that he acted in self-defense.

The first issue raised by defendant concerns the effect of pretrial publicity on his...

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