PEOPLE v. GRINER

Docket No. 8199.

30 Mich. App. 612 (1971)

186 N.W.2d 800

PEOPLE v. GRINER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 17, 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 Angelo A. Pentolino, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Donald E. Gratrix (by James C. Howarth), for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, P.J., and HOLBROOK and VANDER WAL, JJ.


DANHOF, P.J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, MCLA § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). He now appeals that verdict alleging several errors.

At 8 p.m. on July 16, 1968 the defendant shot his ex-wife Alma with a shotgun. The defenses were temporary insanity and self-defense. Several neighbors testified that they saw the defendant shoot the deceased. There was some variation in the testimony as to whether he shot...

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