PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. 64522.

410 Mich. 66 (1980)

299 N.W.2d 343

PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 1980.


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 A. George Best, II, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Michael S. Surnow for defendant.


PER CURIAM:

This case requires us to pass upon defense failure to object to the joinder, after presentation of proofs by both sides and before final arguments, of an unrelated felony charge. On appeal the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, determined that such joinder constitutes reversible error. We disagree. In lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals. The case is remanded to determine whether the corpus delicti of the...

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