PEOPLE v. HANA

Docket Nos. 94542, 94877, 94878, (Calendar Nos. 3-4).

447 Mich. 325 (1994)

524 N.W.2d 682

PEOPLE v. HANA PEOPLE v. GALLINA PEOPLE v. RODE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Carl J. Marlinga, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert J. Berlin, Chief Appellate Attorney, and Linda Davis, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Hana.

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 Janice M. Joyce Bartee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Gallina and Rode.

Stuart G. Friedman for defendant Hana.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek) for defendant Gallina.

Edick & Esper, P.C. (by David J. Esper), for defendant Rode.

Amicus Curiae:

Chartrand & Badgley (by Robert L. Badgley) for Metro Detroit Chapter-Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.


GRIFFIN, J.

We have consolidated the appeals of these cases to consider related issues regarding the severance of trials of codefendants in criminal cases. In People v Hana, we address the question whether the trial court should have granted defendant's motion for severance in the context of the presentation of allegedly antagonistic defenses. In People v Rode and People v Gallina, the question presented...

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