Michigan Supreme Court· 4/13/1970
People v. Pena
Citations
- 175 N.W.2d 767
- 383 Mich. 402
- 1970 Mich. LEXIS 155
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that intimidating a witness with a warning of life imprisonment for perjury is “indefensible”
- assistant prosecutor sent an official letter to the defendant’s proposed alibi witnesses informing them that the penalty for perjury was life imprisonment
- while three justices voted for outright reversal, a majority could be mustered only to remand \for a determination by [the trial] court as to whether or not the prosecutor ... did intimidate the witnesses\
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Judges: Kelly, Kavanagh, Brennan, Adams, Black, Dethmers
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34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. CanterMichigan Court of Appeals· 1992-12-21· cited 136×
- People v. DalessandroMichigan Court of Appeals· 1988-01-19· cited 112×
- United States v. Claude L. Smith, United States of America v. James P. JarvisD.C. Circuit· 1973-04-27· cited 100×
- People v. HarrisonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1973-02-20· cited 82×
- United States v. David L. SimmonsD.C. Circuit· 1982-03-05· cited 66×
- People v. DyerMichigan Supreme Court· 1986-08-05· cited 66×
- People v. LayherMichigan Court of Appeals· 2000-03-07· cited 54×
- State v. AmmonsNebraska Supreme Court· 1981-05-15· cited 45×
- People v. StacyMichigan Court of Appeals· 1992-02-03· cited 39×
- State v. WiegersSouth Dakota Supreme Court· 1985-07-31· cited 31×
- People v. JacksonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1982-04-05· cited 31×
- People v. LucasMichigan Court of Appeals· 1973-05-24· cited 28×
- People v. EddingtonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1974-05-02· cited 22×
- People v. CallingtonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1983-02-23· cited 22×
- People v. JohnsonMichigan Court of Appeals· 1973-04-23· cited 20×
- People v. CollierMichigan Court of Appeals· 1981-04-07· cited 19×
- People v. Livery ClarkMichigan Court of Appeals· 1988-10-18· cited 16×
- State v. IvySupreme Court of Iowa· 1981-01-14· cited 16×
- United States v. David L. SimmonsD.C. Circuit· 1983-02-01· cited 14×
- People v. WILLIAMS 1Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-03-27· cited 12×
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