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PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Docket No. 9650.

36 Mich. App. 380 (1971)

193 N.W.2d 914

PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Paul M. Ladas, Prosecuting Attorney, and Lawrence R. Backofen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Carl S. Krueger, for defendant on appeal.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and HOLBROOK and LEVIN, JJ.

Leave to appeal granted, 386 Mich. 782.

HOLBROOK, J.

In a trial before a jury defendant DeShorn Watkins was tried for the crime of first-degree murder1 and convicted of second-degree murder.2 He was sentenced to prison for a term of from 10 to 15 years. He states one issue on appeal as follows:

Did the trial court err in failing to grant a motion to dismiss the charge of first-degree murder...

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