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PEOPLE v. SHAW

Calendar No. 13, Docket No. 52,083.

383 Mich. 69 (1970)

173 N.W.2d 217

PEOPLE v. SHAW.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Samuel J. Torina, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Luvenia D. Dockett, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Sheldon Otis, for defendant on appeal.

KELLY, J.

At about 7 o'clock a.m., on December 30, 1964, Charles Johnson entered his garage, located behind his home in the city of Detroit, and was shot as he approached his automobile.

Defendant was charged with Johnson's murder. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Court of Appeals1 found that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a .22-caliber shell casing that Detroit policemen...

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