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People v. Gordon

Michigan Court of Appeals
Mar 26, 1969
168 N.W.2d 417 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969)

Opinion

Docket No. 5,203.

Decided March 26, 1969.

Appeal from Recorder's Court of Detroit, Gerald W. Groat, J. Submitted Division 1 February 10, 1969, at Detroit. (Docket No. 5,203.) Decided March 26, 1969.

Leslie Gordon was convicted of statutory rape. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

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

William A. Ortman, for defendant on appeal.

BEFORE: FITZGERALD, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and BRONSON, JJ.


Defendant was convicted of statutory rape, CLS 1961, § 750.520 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.788), and appeals from the sentence imposed.

Defendant has raised several procedural errors. He did not object to the testimony or the instructions which he now claims as error and we do not review such claims on appeal. People v. Hartwick (1967), 8 Mich. App. 193.

Defendant filed a motion for a new trial after the case had been appealed to this Court and now claims the trial judge committed error by not stating in writing the reasons for refusing a new trial. While we do not condone this action, such action does not require a reversal. Frederick v. City of Detroit (1963), 370 Mich. 425.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Gordon

Michigan Court of Appeals
Mar 26, 1969
168 N.W.2d 417 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969)
Case details for

People v. Gordon

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. GORDON

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Mar 26, 1969

Citations

168 N.W.2d 417 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969)
168 N.W.2d 417

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