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PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. 119818, (Calendar No. 2).

662 N.W.2d 376 (2003)

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jonathan Joe JONES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Michael D. Thomas, Prosecuting Attorney, and Janet M. Boes, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Saginaw County Prosecutor's Office, Saginaw, for the people.

Lester O. Pollak, Jackson, for defendant-appellee.

Joseph K. Sheeran, President, Michael E. Duggan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Detroit, for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

WEAVER, J.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, M.C.L. § 750.316, and conspiracy to commit murder, M.C.L. § 750.157a. The Court of Appeals reversed defendant's convictions, holding that defendant was denied a fair trial when the prosecution elicited testimony from its "key witness" that the witness had taken and passed a polygraph test. Although we agree with the Court of Appeals that introduction of this...

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