PEOPLE v. BELENOR

Docket No. 61185.

408 Mich. 244 (1980)

289 N.W.2d 719

PEOPLE v. BELENOR

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and J. Thomas Schaeffer, Special Prosecutor, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Domnick J. Sorise) for defendant.


PER CURIAM:

At the defendant's trial on charges of murder in the first degree and armed robbery, the prosecutor, over defense counsel's objection, was permitted to call as a witness an alleged accomplice who had a history of mental illness. The prosecutor knew prior to calling this witness that the witness would give testimony which contradicted a prior statement the witness had made. Nevertheless, the prosecutor was permitted to impeach this witness with the prior...

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