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PEOPLE v. ARMSTRONG

No. 13 October Term 1973, Docket No. 54,265.

390 Mich. 693 (1973)

213 N.W.2d 190

PEOPLE v. ARMSTRONG

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 18, 1973.

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.

State Appellate Defender Office (by Joseph B. Szeremet), for defendant on appeal.

LEVIN, J.

On the third day of trial James Willie Armstrong pled guilty to the charge that he murdered Ann Kelush in the perpetration of an armed robbery.

A statute provides that if a person shall be convicted of murder "by confession, the court shall proceed by examination of witnesses to determine the degree of the crime ["whether it be murder of the first or second degree"], and shall render judgment accordingly...

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