PEOPLE v. BALDWIN

Docket Nos. 59977, 60847.

405 Mich. 550 (1979)

275 N.W.2d 253

PEOPLE v. BALDWIN PEOPLE v. WOOLFOLK

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided February 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals; and Andrea L. Solak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Baldwin; and Don W. Atkins, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Woolfolk.

State Appellate Defender (by F. Martin Tieber and Daniel J. Wright) for defendant Baldwin.

State Appellate Defender (by F. Martin Tieber) for defendant Woolfolk.


PER CURIAM:

When the trial judge was asked to exclude defendant's prior conviction, in each case he concluded that the similarity of the prior offense and the one for which the defendant was standing trial was a factor to be weighed in favor of allowing impeachment by the previous conviction. We hold that the trial judge misapplied the guidelines we set forth in People v Jackson, 391 Mich. 323; 217...

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