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PEOPLE v. DAWKINS

Docket No. 8401.

30 Mich. App. 186 (1971)

185 N.W.2d 913

PEOPLE v. DAWKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Irving Tukel, for defendant on appeal.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and FITZGERALD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was originally charged with second-degree murder. On August 1, 1969, he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of 12 to 15 years. Defendant appeals as of right and the plaintiff moves to affirm.

Defendant, relying on Boykin v. Alabama (1969), 395 U.S. 238 (89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L Ed 2d 274), claims that his conviction was invalid because the trial judge...

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