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PEOPLE v. HAMPTON

Docket No. 59843, (Calendar No. 15).

407 Mich. 354 (1979)

285 N.W.2d 284

PEOPLE v. HAMPTON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Timothy A. Baughman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

LeRoy W. Daggs for defendant.

Decided November 26, 1979. Rehearing denied post, 1164.

COLEMAN, C.J.

Defendant and a codefendant, Lewis Griffin, were charged with two counts of first-degree murder (premeditated and felony murder), MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, resulting from the fatal shooting of Edgar Coleman, Jr. At their trial, defendant made a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at the conclusion of the people's case. The motion was denied after the judge said that the prosecution...

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