PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Docket No. 94057.

163 Mich. App. 661 (1987)

415 N.W.2d 653

PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Joseph S. Filip, Prosecuting Attorney, and Jerrold Schrotenboer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Paul R. Adams, for defendant.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and SHEPHERD and B.A. JASPER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before us on leave granted. It concerns an issue in a pending retrial: whether evidence of defendant's psychological makeup is admissible to allow the jury to evaluate the voluntariness of his statements to the police. The trial court excluded the expert testimony on this issue. We reverse and remand.

Defendant has been charged with felony murder, assault with intent to commit armed robbery, and possession of a firearm in the commission...

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