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People v. Gunter

Michigan Court of Appeals
Dec 19, 1968
166 N.W.2d 33 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968)

Opinion

Docket No. 5,049.

Decided December 19, 1968.

Appeal from St. Clair, Schlee (Stanley C.), J. Submitted Division 2 December 5, 1968, at Lansing. (Docket No. 5,049.) Decided December 19, 1968.

Alfred Gunter was charged with robbery armed and convicted of robbery unarmed. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James T. Corden, Prosecuting Attorney, and Ronald J. Flanigan, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Ernest F. Oppliger, for defendant on appeal.

Appeal from Genesee, Elliott (Philip C.), J. Submitted Division 2 December 6, 1968, at Lansing. (Docket No. 4,182.) Decided December 19, 1968. Leave to appeal denied May 21, 1969. 382 Mich. 755.

Lloyd F. Bonner was convicted of gross indecency. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, and Dennis C. Karas, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Lyndon J. Lattie, for defendant on appeal.


Defendant was charged with robbery armed and convicted of robbery unarmed, CL 1948, § 750.530 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.798). On appeal he contends that his constitutional rights to due process of law, to privilege against self-incrimination and to counsel were violated by the procedure employed to identify him prior to the arrest.

The victim's initial identification of defendant was from a group of photographs and involved no practice "so unpermissibly suggestive as to give rise to a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification." Simmons v. United States (1968), 390 U.S. 377, 384 ( 88 S Ct 967, 19 L Ed 2d 1247). Defendant has shown no denial of due process in this regard.

The privilege against self-incrimination does not extend to presence in a police lineup. United States v. Wade (1967), 388 U.S. 218 ( 87 S Ct 1926, 18 L Ed 2d 1149). The right of a suspect to be represented by counsel at a police lineup applies only to lineups taking place after June 12, 1967. Stovall v. Denno (1967), 388 U.S. 293 ( 87 S Ct 1967, 18 L Ed 2d 1199); People v. Wilson (1967), 8 Mich. App. 651. Defendant's lineup was before this date.

We have reviewed the lineup procedure followed in this case and find it to have been fair and proper. There was no injustice or denial of due process to defendant in this regard. Stovall v. Denno, supra. We find no error.

Affirmed.

T.G. KAVANAGH, P.J., and QUINN and MILLER, JJ., concurred.


Defendant was convicted of a charge of the crime of gross indecency, CL 1948, § 750.338 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.570), and was sentenced to 3 to 5 years.

Our examination of the record and briefs discloses no prejudicial error.

Affirmed.

T.G. KAVANAGH, P.J., and QUINN and MILLER, JJ., concurred.


Summaries of

People v. Gunter

Michigan Court of Appeals
Dec 19, 1968
166 N.W.2d 33 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968)
Case details for

People v. Gunter

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. GUNTER

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 19, 1968

Citations

166 N.W.2d 33 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968)
166 N.W.2d 33

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