PEOPLE v. SANGSTER

Docket No. 8424.

33 Mich. App. 712 (1971)

190 N.W.2d 317

PEOPLE v. SANGSTER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, George E. Thick, II, Prosecuting Attorney, and Daniel R. Webber, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Robert N. Geyer, for defendant on appeal.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and BRONSON and O'HARA, JJ.


BRONSON, J.

Defendant was tried in the Circuit Court for the County of Saginaw for the crime of second-degree murder. At trial, defendant pleaded self-defense as justification for the killing. Trial was commenced on June 3, 1969, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter on June 13, 1969. Defendant was sentenced to a term of 5 to 15 years in prison.

We note that appointed defense counsel briefed this Court on his position of law and relevant...

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