PEOPLE v. SHIPP

Docket No. 100893.

175 Mich. App. 332 (1989)

437 N.W.2d 385

PEOPLE v. SHIPP

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of the Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Thomas M. Chambers, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Susan Meinberg Thomas), for defendant on appeal.

Before: MAHER, P.J., and CYNAR and GRIFFIN, JJ.


GRIFFIN, J.

Defendant David Shipp appeals as of right from a jury conviction of voluntary manslaughter arising out of the death of defendant's wife.

The cornerstone of the circumstantial case against the accused was an autopsy report which concluded that the deceased died after attempted strangulation and blunt instrument trauma. Over defendant's objections, the trial court permitted the observations, opinions, and conclusions contained in the autopsy report...

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