Michigan Court of Appeals· 3/10/1998

People v. Howard

Citations

575 N.W.2d 16
226 Mich. App. 528

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holding that a prosecutor may characterize the defendant as a liar if the comment is based on the evidence produced at trial
holding that a prosecutor may characterize the defendant as a liar if the comment is based on the evidence produced at trial
concluding that the prosecutor’s dismissal of a potential juror in a murder case on the basis that he had an uncle with whom he was close who had been tried for murder was a race-neutral reason
concluding that the prosecutor’s dismissal of a potential juror in a murder case on the basis that he had an uncle with whom he was close who had been tried for murder was a race-neutral reason
noting that the defendant’s Miranda issue raised on appeal was abandoned because he “failed to pursue the issue at the Walker hearing that was conducted in this matter”
finding that the prosecutor’s statement that defense counsel was “playing games” did not deny the defendant a fair trial because the remark was brief and concerned a nonmaterial subject matter

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Judges: Smolensk, Fitzgerald, Gage

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