PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 2 October Term 1973, Docket No. 54,762.

390 Mich. 629 (1973)

213 N.W.2d 106

PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 18, 1973.


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 Gerard A. Poehlman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender Office (by Judith K. Munger), for defendant on appeal.


M.S. COLEMAN, J.

Defendant is appealing his conviction for manslaughter. Defendant and Howard Wright became involved in an argument concerning use of a barroom pool table. Defendant left the bar. When Mr. Wright left, the two met at the door and Mr. Wright was fatally stabbed.

At trial, defendant claimed he acted in self-defense. He testified that Mr. Wright attacked him with a beer bottle. The other defense witness...

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