PEOPLE v. RAPIER

Docket No. 11614.

43 Mich. App. 297 (1972)

204 N.W.2d 339

PEOPLE v. RAPIER.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Johnston, III, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Gerald M. Henry, for defendant on appeal.

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


TARGONSKI, J.

The defendant was charged with murdering her husband in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 2, 1970. The court did not charge the jury on first-degree murder and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, in violation of MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549. Defendant moved for a new trial but the motion was denied and she was sentenced to a term of 3 to 15 years in prison.

Defendant admitted shooting her husband but claimed it...

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