People v. Wallen

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[a]n isolated or inadvertent reference to a defendant’s prior criminal activities will not result in reversible prejudice”
• stating that “[a]n isolated or inadvertent reference to a defendant’s prior criminal activities will not result in reversible prejudice”
• reversing the defendant’s convictions based on the admission of testimony during trial pertaining to the defendant’s previous criminal activities
• stating that “[w]hile it is true that where a defendant does not take the stand in his own behalf, his prior convictions may not be introduced into evidence, an isolated or inadvertent reference to a defendant’s prior criminal activities will not result in reversible prejudice.”
• “[A]n isolated or inadvertent reference to a defendant’s prior criminal activities will not result in reversible prejudice.”
• “While it is true that where a defendant does not take the stand in [sic] his own behalf, his prior convictions may not be introduced into evidence, an isolated or inadvertent reference to a defendant’s prior criminal activities will not result in reversible prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Deblauwe
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-04-07· cited 20×
• People v. CHAMBERS 1
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1975-07-24· cited 7×
• People v. Steiner
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-04-06

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Van Wie
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1969-04-22· cited 7×
• People v. Sullivan
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1971-03-30· cited 7×
• People v. McNutt
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1922-12-05· cited 2×