PEOPLE v. BROOKS

Docket No. 100016, Calendar No. 12.

557 N.W.2d 106 (1996)

453 Mich. 511

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard Edward BROOKS, III, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Brian L. Mackie, Prosecuting Attorney, and Allison L. Bates, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Ann Arbor, for the people.

Bernard Edward Brooks, Adrian, in pro. per.


Opinion

PER CURIAM.

At the conclusion of a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of first-degree (felony) murder, and was sentenced to a term of life in prison. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Among the rejected claims of error was the defendant's assertion that the circuit court erred by excluding evidence that there was cocaine in the decedent's bloodstream at the time of her death. We agree with the defendant that this was error and that it was not...

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