PEOPLE v. WHITFIELD

Docket No. 19646.

58 Mich. App. 585 (1975)

228 N.W.2d 475

PEOPLE v. WHITFIELD

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Donald A. Burge, Prosecuting Attorney, and Stephen M. Wheeler, Chief of Appellate Division, for the people.

Charles J. Daudert, for defendant.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and N.J. KAUFMAN and O'HARA, JJ.


ALLEN, J.

On January 25, 1974, a jury convicted defendant of forcible rape. MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788. Defendant received a sentence of two to five years in prison, and appeals as of right.

This case presents two issues for review, first, whether the unobjected to and inadvertent statement of the complainant that she took a lie-detector test resulted in a miscarriage of justice, and second, whether the trial court erred in precluding defense counsel from cross...

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