Court Opinion

ID: 9696969
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:02:42.805929+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:28.221723
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Black, J.
(concurring). I concur. Defendant’s duly demanded trial by jury has rendered moot the serious constitutional question he would have this Court decide.* As Justice Kavanagh has written, justice court juries are judges of legal issues as well as factual issues. On this record it cannot be said that defendant was denied his constitutionally protected right to a fair and impartial trial. The so-called “fee system” is not shown as having infected the jurors, or as having entered the juryroom as an influence upon their deliberations.
Souris and Smith, JJ., concurred with Black, J.
O’Hara, J., took no part in the decision of this case.

 See Tumey v. Ohio, 273 US 510 (47 S Ct 437, 71 L ed 749, 50 ALR 1243) and discussion thereof in Lookholder v. State Highway Commissioner, 354 Mich 28, 32.