PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

Docket No. 7750.

33 Mich. App. 704 (1971)

190 N.W.2d 319

PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 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.

William J. Hayes, for defendant on appeal.

Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and LEVIN and O'HARA, JJ.


O'HARA, J.

Defendant was charged with and convicted of the crime of manslaughter.1 The trial judge found it necessary to define all of the elements of the various degrees of homicide from murder through manslaughter. The crime of first-degree murder is defined by statute,2 as is second-degree murder.3 The definition of second-degree murder is a negative one, to wit: "All other kinds...

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