People v. Ramsey
This text of 23 Mich. App. 11 (People v. Ramsey) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Michigan Court of Appeals primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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Following a nonjury trial, defendant was convicted of armed robbery.
At trial substantial evidence was introduced tending to establish that defendant was under the influence of narcotics at the time of the commission of the robbery. In closing, defense counsel requested that the court consider the effect of the narcotic intoxication upon defendant’s specific intent to commit the armed robbery. The trial court refused, stating that armed robbery was not a specific intent crime. Upon the authority of People v. Walker (1878), 38 Mich 156, we hold that the trial court’s action constituted reversible error. See, also, People v. Kelley, 21 Mich App 612.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.
MOLA § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.797).
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