Michigan Supreme Court, 1950

People v. Buckley

People v. Buckley
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided January 9, 1950 · Boyles, Bushnell, Butzel, Carr, Dethmers, North, Reid, Sharpe
326 Mich. 533; 40 N.W.2d 716

People v. Buckley

Opinion of the Court

Sharpe, J.

These defendants were members of the legislature indicted, convicted and sentenced in the trial in which Hancock, Omacht and Cooper were convicted. They adopted the statement of facts and *534the, record filed in the appeal of Hancock, Omacht and Cooper. They also adopted the briefs filed by the above named defendants. Decision in this case is controlled by the majority opinion in People v. Hancock, ante, 471; People v. Omacht, ante, 505; and People v. Cooper, ante, 514. The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Boyles, C. J., and North, J., concurred with Sharpe, J.

Dissenting Opinion

Bushnell, J.

(dissenting). For the reasons stated in People v. Omacht, ante, 505, I am unable to agree with the conclusions reached by Justice Sharpe.

The conviction should be set aside and a new trial should be granted.

Reid, J., concurred with Bushnell, J. Dethmers, Butzel, and Carr, JJ., did not sit.

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