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People v. Fry

Michigan Court of Appeals
Oct 5, 1970
27 Mich. App. 169 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)

Opinion

Docket Nos. 7,664, 7,845.

Decided October 5, 1970. Leave to appeal denied as to Fry April 13, 1971.

Appeal from Kent, John T. Letts, J. Submitted Division 3 June 3, 1970, at Grand Rapids. (Docket Nos. 7,664, 7,845.) Decided October 5, 1970. Leave to appeal denied as to Fry April 13, 1971. 384 Mich. 826.

Donald Lavern Fry and John Robert Martin were convicted of unarmed robbery. Defendants appeal. Affirmed.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Johnston, III, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Theodore Earl Dunn, for defendant John Robert Martin on appeal.

Gordon A. Doherty for defendant Donald Lavern Fry on appeal.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and FITZGERALD and BYRNS, JJ.

Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.


Defendants were found guilty of unarmed robbery following a jury trial. MCLA § 750.530 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.798). This appeal is brought as of right.

Five issues are sought to be raised on appeal concerning the conduct of the trial and the jury instructions. The issues which are sought to be raised regarding the conduct of the trial were not raised in the trial court and they cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. Although the opportunity to object to the instructions was given below, no objection was made by the defendants; none may be raised now unless to prevent a clear injustice. People v. Ray Clifton Smith (1969), 20 Mich. App. 243, 245; People v. Omell (1968), 15 Mich. App. 154; People v. Keiswetter (1967), 7 Mich. App. 334; People v. Dexter (1967), 6 Mich. App. 247; People v. Rimson (1966), 3 Mich. App. 713; People v. Willis (1965), 1 Mich. App. 428. There was no clear injustice here and the instructions read as a whole fairly instructed the jury as to the law governing the case. People v. Charles Jackson (1970), 21 Mich. App. 132; People v. Fred W. Thomas (1967), 7 Mich. App. 519.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Fry

Michigan Court of Appeals
Oct 5, 1970
27 Mich. App. 169 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)
Case details for

People v. Fry

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. FRY PEOPLE v. MARTIN

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Oct 5, 1970

Citations

27 Mich. App. 169 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)
183 N.W.2d 377

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