PEOPLE v. GEORGE JONES

Docket No. 14071.

48 Mich. App. 102 (1973)

210 N.W.2d 145

PEOPLE v. GEORGE JONES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 27, 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 Thomas P. Smith, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

William R. Stackpoole, for defendant on appeal.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and HOLBROOK and BASHARA, JJ.


HOLBROOK, J.

Defendant was charged with the second-degree murder of Leroy Adams on August 30, 1971. Adams was shot five times at defendant's home. Defendant admitted shooting Adams but claimed self-defense. He was convicted of manslaughter in a jury trial and was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison on February 10, 1972. He raises four issues on appeal.

Defendant first objects on various grounds that the trial court's jury instruction on the matter of self...

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