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PEOPLE v. COFFEY

Docket No. 10735.

42 Mich. App. 683 (1972)

202 N.W.2d 456

PEOPLE v. COFFEY.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1972.

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 Luvenia D. Dockett, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

George E. Lee, for defendant on appeal.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and BRONSON and VAN VALKENBURG, JJ.

VAN VALKENBURG, J.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter, MCLA 750.321; MSA 28.553. He was sentenced to a term in prison of from 8 to 15 years.

The pertinent facts are simply stated. Defendant was found late one night with two small children who were wearing bloodstained clothes. Because of the lateness of the hour, the state of the children's clothes, and confused behavior of defendant, defendant and the children were taken into custody and...

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