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People v. Hancock

Supreme Court of Michigan
Jan 9, 1950
43 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. 1950)

Opinion

Docket No. 65, Calendar No. 42,918.

Decided January 9, 1950. Decided on rehearing June 27, 1950.

Appeal from Ingham; Simpson (John), J., presiding. Submitted May 19, 1949. (Docket No. 65, Calendar No. 42,918.) Decided January 9, 1950. Submitted on rehearing April 14, 1950. Decided on rehearing June 27, 1950.

John E. Hancock and others were convicted of a conspiracy to corrupt the legislature of the State of Michigan by bribery. Affirmed.

Stephen J. Roth, Attorney General, Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General, Daniel J. O'Hara, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard B. Foster, Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

James E. Haggerty ( Hugh V. Williams, of counsel), for appellant Hancock.


ON REHEARING.

This case on rehearing is controlled by People v. Hancock, 326 Mich. 471.

REID and BUSHNELL, JJ., dissenting.


ON REHEARING.


Judgment of conviction was affirmed in this case on January 9, 1950 ( 326 Mich. 471). The Court divided 3 to 2 with Justices CARR, BUTZEL and DETHMERS not participating in the decision. Rehearing was granted by virtue of the authority contained in CL 1948, § 601.5 (Stat Ann § 27.25), and the appeal was resubmitted and oral arguments had.

Upon rehearing I am convinced for the reasons expressed in my former opinion that the judgment should be affirmed. It is so ordered.

BOYLES, C.J., and NORTH, J., concurred with SHARPE, J.


For the reasons stated in People v. Omacht, post, 145, I am unable to agree with the conclusion reached by Mr. Justice SHARPE.

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

REID, J., concurred with BUSHNELL, J.

DETHMERS, BUTZEL, and CARR, JJ., did not sit.


Summaries of

People v. Hancock

Supreme Court of Michigan
Jan 9, 1950
43 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. 1950)
Case details for

People v. Hancock

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. HANCOCK

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Jan 9, 1950

Citations

43 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. 1950)
43 N.W.2d 312

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