PEOPLE v. FIGGURES

Docket No. 98856, Calendar No. 3.

547 N.W.2d 673 (1996)

451 Mich. 390

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernest FIGGURES, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Tony Tague, Prosecuting Attorney, and Kevin A. Lynch, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Muskegon, for people.

State Appellate Defender by Ronald J. Bretz and Lyle N. Marshall, North Lansing, for defendant.


RILEY, Justice.

This Court is called upon to decide whether defendant was denied a fair trial by the admission of certain rebuttal evidence. We conclude that the rebuttal evidence was properly admitted. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals, but for the reasons stated in this opinion.

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In August of 1981, Linda Figgures married defendant. Unfortunately, the marriage was a troubled...

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