PEOPLE v. WAKEFORD

Docket No. 64385, (Calendar No. 8).

418 Mich. 95 (1983)

341 N.W.2d 68

PEOPLE v. WAKEFORD

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Frank J. Bernacki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Mardi Crawford) for the defendant.


RYAN, J.

There are three issues presented on this appeal:

Whether the defendant's conviction on two counts of armed robbery for a holdup in a grocery store violates the double jeopardy provisions of the United States and Michigan Constitutions;

Whether the trial court erred in ruling that evidence of the defendant's prior convictions was admissible for purposes of impeachment and as substantive similar-acts evidence; and

Whether the defendant...

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