PEOPLE v. RUFUS WILLIAMS

No. 33 January Term 1971, Docket No. 52,850-1/2.

386 Mich. 277 (1971)

192 N.W.2d 466

PEOPLE v. RUFUS WILLIAMS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Kuebler, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Rufus Williams, in propria persona.


WILLIAMS, J.

Like all recent cases of guilty plea review, Williams involves two problems. First, solution of the instant case on the basis of existing law. Second, resolution of the underlying problem of developing certain and viable guidelines for Bench, Bar and defendants. Such guidelines must define a procedure for plea taking that is just and understandable. At the same time it should reduce the necessity for...

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