Court Opinion

ID: 9595810
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:43:29.073611+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:02:44.790504
License: Public Domain

Bronson, J.
(concurring). I do not feel that we must decide in this case whether the single objected-to remark by the prosecutor, quoted in the majority opinion, alone requires reversal. The prosecutor indulged in a whole series of comments characterizing defendant as the operator of a "dope house”. That allegation was not supported by the evidence, and focused the attention of the jury on issues broader than the guilt or innocence of Gloria Mae Williams. The prosecutor’s remarks resulted in "manifest injustice”, and require us to reverse the defendant’s conviction, People v Styles, 61 Mich App 532; 233 NW2d 70 (1975)._