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Michigan Supreme Court· 11/23/1983

People v. Wakeford

Citations

  • 341 N.W.2d 68
  • 418 Mich. 95

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “[t]he majority rule appears to be that the theft of several items at the same time and place constitutes a single larceny”
  • indicating that here defendant’s action would only support one conviction of assault with intent to murder because only one person was assaulted
  • indicating that here defendant’s action would only support one conviction of assault with intent to murder because only one person was assaulted
  • upholding multiple robbery convictions where defendant 15 entered grocery store armed with sawed-off shotgun and took money belonging to store from two employees
  • robbery of two cashiers in one grocery store constitutes two separate and distinct offenses under the armed robbery statute
  • robbery of two cashiers in one grocery store constitutes two separate and distinct offenses under the armed robbery statute

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Judges: Levin, Kavanagh, Williams, Brickley, Cavanagh, Ryan, Boyle

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87 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

99 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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