Case Name: PEOPLE v. EMMERSON
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1969-10-27
Citations: 19 Mich. App. 530
Docket Number: Docket No. 5,285
Parties: PEOPLE v. EMMERSON
Judges: Before: R. B. Burns, P. J. and Holbrook and Levin, J J.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 19
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. EMMERSON
Appeal from Kalamazoo, Raymond W. Fox, J.
Submitted Division 3 October 7, 1969, at Grand Rapids.
(Docket No. 5,285.)
Decided October 27, 1969.
John Emmerson was convicted of gross indecency. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Donald A. Burge, Prosecuting Attorney, and James D. Hills, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Richard K. Burnham, for defendant on appeal.
Before: R. B. Burns, P. J. and Holbrook and Levin, J J.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant was tried and convicted in the circuit court, county of Kalamazoo, before the Honorable Raymond W. Fox, sitting without a jury, of the crime of gross indecency. MCLA § 750-.338 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.570). Defendant appeals, alleging error in the admission of the testimony of the complaining witness and the court's reliance thereon.
Although the trial judge determined that parts of the testimony of the complainant were not true, he specifically stated that lie did not rely on any of such testimony. However, the complaining witness' testimony substantiating the presence of all the elements of the crime was believed by the trial judge. Review of the record convinces us that the trial court did not clearly err in finding the defendant guilty.
Affirmed.