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Criminal Law-Involuntary Manslaughter- Presence As A Pre-Requisite To Liablity For Permitting An Incompetent To Drive An Automobile, Peter D. Byrnes S. Ed
Criminal Law-Involuntary Manslaughter- Presence As A Pre-Requisite To Liablity For Permitting An Incompetent To Drive An Automobile, Peter D. Byrnes S. Ed
Michigan Law Review
Defendant gave his car keys to an intoxicated friend and permitted him to operate the vehicle while the defendant was at home in bed. As he was driving on the wrong side of the highway, the friend was involved in a head-on collision which resulted in the death of the drivers of both vehicles. Defendant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and of the misdemeanor of allowing an intoxicated person to operate his automobile. On appeal, held, conviction of manslaughter reversed. Although one who permits an intoxicated person to drive his car is guilty of a misdemeanor, he cannot be …
Criminal Law - Insane Persons - Competency To Stand Trial, John H. Hess M.D., Henry B. Pearsall S.Ed., Donald A. Slichter S.Ed., Herbert E. Thomas M.D.
Criminal Law - Insane Persons - Competency To Stand Trial, John H. Hess M.D., Henry B. Pearsall S.Ed., Donald A. Slichter S.Ed., Herbert E. Thomas M.D.
Michigan Law Review
Mental unsoundness in a person accused of a crime raises two distinct legal questions. One is the question of the individual's responsibility for his behavior and the other is the question of the individual's competency to enter into the legal procedures of trial or punishment. In recent years considerable attention has been given to matters of responsibility, but relatively little attention has been paid to the problem of incompetency and especially to the consequences of incompetency proceedings. In order to analyze and evaluate the operations of the Michigan law in the area of incompetency to stand trial, two psychiatrists joined …
Practice And Procedure-Proceedings For Restoration Of Sanity -Who May Appeal From An Adjudication Of Sanity, Chester Lloyd Jones S.Ed.
Practice And Procedure-Proceedings For Restoration Of Sanity -Who May Appeal From An Adjudication Of Sanity, Chester Lloyd Jones S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In a proceeding commenced by a guardian ad litem in a probate court to determine whether an incompetent might be adjudged sane, the committee was made respondent and resisted the adjudication of sanity. From a judgment of competency, the committee appealed to the proper court of general jurisdiction. The applicable statutes specifically gave only the petitioner the right to appeal in proceedings for restoration of sanity, but another statute gave the right to appeal from probate to circuit courts to "any person interested in any . . . decree of any probate court, and considering himself injured thereby." Petitioner moved …