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People v. Brooks by Court of Appeals of Michigan Book Summary

Joseph C. Brooks was convicted of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling with intent to commit larceny therein, Washtenaw Circuit Court, William F. Ager, J. The defendant appeals, alleging that he was denied a fair trial since his trial was held partially in concert with the trial of a co-defendant whose defense tended to incriminate the defendant. Held : The trial court employed a dual jury system in the trial of the defendant and his codefendant. With this procedure two separate juries were selected, one to hear the case against the defendant and one to hear the case against the codefendant. Both juries were present for the prosecutor's opening statement and the prosecutor's direct examination of witnesses. At all other times only one jury was present, each hearing the matters relevant to its own case. The trial court successfully avoided pitting one defendant against the other and successfully avoided convicting one defendant through the efforts of the other defendant. The conviction of defendant Brooks could only have been based on the evidence presented by the prosecution and in defense of defendant Brooks. The dual jury trial afforded the defendant a trial which was in compliance with the rights and protections afforded by the United States and Michigan Constitutions. The defendant had a fair trial.

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