234 Mich. App. 640 - People v. Abraham’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “This case arises from the fatal shooting of Ronnie Green, and the nonfatal shooting of Michael Hudack, on October 29, 1997. Two days later the police questioned defendant about the shootings. According to the investigating officer, defendant first offered various innocent explanations of his role in the matter, then finally implicated himself in the shooting of Green. A probable cause hearing on the prosecution's petition requesting that defendant, then aged eleven years, be tried as an adult was held the following month. At the hearing, friends of defendant testified that defendant broke into a house and stole a .22-caliber rifle, practiced shooting at balloons and streetlights, stated an intention to shoot gang members who had been bothering him, and then boasted that he had shot someone. Defendant was bound over for trial on one count of first-degree premeditated murder, M.C.L. § 750.316(1) (a)..., one count of assault with intent to commit murder, M.C.L. § 750. 83 ..., and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, M.C.L. § 750.227b....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 Mich. App. 265 - People v. Abraham

2. “The police took defendant from school to the police station for questioning, stopping on the way to apprise defendant's mother of the matter. Defendant's mother joined defendant at the police station several minutes after defendant arrived with the police. Defendant and his mother were advised of defendant's [ Miranda [1] rights], in response to which they indicated that defendant did not wish to speak to an attorney and agreed to waive defendant's right to remain silent. Both signed a document stating that defendant waived his Miranda rights. [ Abraham, supra at 643-644, 599 N.W.2d 736 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 Mich. App. 265 - People v. Abraham

3. “`a trial court's factual findings regarding a knowing and intelligent waiver of Miranda rights "unless that ruling is found to be clearly erroneous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Abraham