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PEOPLE v. ATKINS

Docket Nos. 98429, 98430.

444 Mich. 737 (1994)

514 N.W.2d 148

In re PEOPLE v. ATKINS (THE DETROIT NEWS, INC and THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC v. RECORDER'S COURT JUDGE)

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Don W. Atkins, Principal Attorney, Appeals, for the people.

Butzel, Long (by James E. Stewart, Leonard M. Niehoff, and Eugene H. Boyle, Jr.) for The Detroit News.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by Herschel P. Fink and Michael A. Gruskin) for the Detroit Free Press, Inc.

On application by the plaintiffs, for leave to appeal, the Supreme Court, in lieu of granting leave, affirmed in part the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Rehearing denied 445 Mich. 1203.

MEMORANDUM OPINION.

After preparation of a psychiatric evaluation, the defendant in this criminal case was found competent to stand trial. The decision was based upon the stipulation of the parties and upon a report from the Recorder's Court Psychiatric Clinic.

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