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- Title: People State Michigan v. Jefforey Robert
- Author : Court of Appeals of Michigan
- Release Date : January 03, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Defendant was tried before a jury on an information charging him with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b; MSA 28.788(2). The jury returned verdicts of guilty on two of the counts but acquitted defendant on the third count. On July 8, 1985, defendant was sentenced to a term of from six to twenty years in prison. Psychological counseling and therapy were recommended. We reverse. Defendant contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to dismiss a juror for cause, as requested by defense counsel, and that, as a result, defendant was denied his right to be tried before a fair and impartial jury. On voir dire, juror David Mayotte revealed that he was a police officer in Essexville, a community neighboring Hampton Township, the location of the instant offense. Juror Mayotte had, in other cases, worked quite closely with the police officers involved in this case, some of whom were also his social friends. Mayotte knew the prosecuting attorney in this case rather well because he had participated as a witness in numerous cases tried by that same prosecutor. Mayotte had been a police officer for ten years and had investigated first-degree criminal sexual conduct cases approximately five times. He was not, however, associated with the investigation of this case and had heard nothing about it prior to reporting for jury duty.