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· 8/2/1974

People v. McGillen

Citations

  • 220 N.W.2d 677
  • 392 Mich. 251
  • 1974 Mich. LEXIS 177

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that it is not proper for the prosecution to divide the evidence “on which the people propose to rest their case” between their case-in-chief and their rebuttal
  • when rebuttal testimony is so inherently inflammatory and prejudicial, the trial judge upon objection should consider whether or not any probative value is outweighed by the inherent prejudice to the defendant and, if so, exclude it from the testimony
  • when rebuttal testimony is so inherently inflammatory and prejudicial, the trial judge upon objection should consider whether or not any probative value is outweighed by the inherent prejudice to the defendant and, if so, exclude it from the testimony

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Judges: Coleman, Fitzgerald, Kavanagh, Levin, Swainson, Williams

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