PEOPLE v. STODDARD

Docket No. 13722.

48 Mich. App. 440 (1973)

210 N.W.2d 470

PEOPLE v. STODDARD

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Eugene C. Penzien, Prosecuting Attorney, and George B. Mullison, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Judith K. Munger, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and DANHOF and ADAMS, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

DANHOF, J.

On January 28, 1972, defendant was found guilty by the trial court sitting without jury of murder in the first degree. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. From a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, he appeals. We affirm.

Defendant's two allegations of error concern his defense of insanity. He contends that the trial court relied upon a presumption of sanity in determining his guilt. He further argues that the people...

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