# People v. Minor

> Michigan Court of Appeals · October 6, 1995 · 213 Mich. App. 682

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9577729

## Case

- **Full name:** People v. Minor
- **Court:** Michigan Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** October 6, 1995
- **Citations:** 213 Mich. App. 682; 541 N.W.2d 576
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Sapala
- **Judges:** Fitzgerald, Markman, Sapala
- **Cited by:** 27 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that a “witness’ motivation for testifying is always of undeniable relevance and a defendant is entitled to have the jury consider any fact that may have influenced the witness’ testimony”

## Opinion text

M. F. Sapala, J.
(concurring). I concur and join in Judge Markman’s opinion. It is necessary to emphasize that the refusal of the trial court to permit cross-examination of a res gestae witness with regard to a grant of immunity was clear error. Indeed, it is the kind of error that is usually so offensive to the maintenance of a sound judicial system that it should never be considered harmless.
In this case, however, proof of guilt of first-degree felony murder was overwhelming. Furthermore, the defendant’s testimony confirmed that he shot the deceased, and there was no evidence in the record that his testimony was other than voluntary. There is no reason to conclude that the defendant testified only because Cordell testified for the prosecution.
*691 A conviction fairly reached should not be set aside where proof of guilt is overwhelming even when serious judicial error such as seen here occurs.

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