# People v. Eddington

> Michigan Supreme Court · June 20, 1972 · 387 Mich. 551

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9704091

## Case

- **Full name:** People v. Eddington
- **Court:** Michigan Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 20, 1972
- **Citations:** 387 Mich. 551; 198 N.W.2d 297; 1972 Mich. LEXIS 179
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kavanagh
- **Judges:** Brennan, Swainson, Williams, Adams, Kavanagh
- **Cited by:** 103 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

T. GL Kavanagh, J.
{concurring in result). I concur in the result reached by my Brother Adams, but I disagree with his stated reasons.
First, I am satisfied that it was reversible error to admit the photographs of the deceased victims of this crime. They were wholly irrelevant and served no other purpose than to prejudice the defendant.
Second, I am convinced the admission of the defendant’s shoes was reversible error for they were the product of an illegal search and seizure in violation of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights.
On retrial I would bar the photographs and the shoes.
T. M. Kavanagh, C. J., concurred with T. Gr. Kavanagh, J.

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