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PEOPLE v. CHISM

No. 5 January Term 1973, Docket No. 53,409.

390 Mich. 104 (1973)

211 N.W.2d 193

PEOPLE v. CHISM

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Stanley Everett, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Allen, Worth, Hatch & Calderone, for defendant.

Amicus Curiae: American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (by Joel M. Shere, Sheridan Holzman, and James K. Robinson).

WILLIAMS, J.

This case raises three issues:

1. unconstitutional denial of speedy trial;

2. admissibility of evidence of prior similar action under MCLA 768.27; MSA 28.1050; and

3. validity of particular search and seizures.

I. FACTS

Mrs. Nola Puyear was killed in the presence of her husband when a package addressed to her and delivered through the mails exploded as she attempted to open it. Investigation produced pieces of the...

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