PEOPLE v. PURDY

Docket Nos. 14414-14415.

46 Mich. App. 630 (1973)

208 N.W.2d 581

PEOPLE v. PURDY PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 25, 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 Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Robert W. Stern, for defendant Purdy on appeal.

Barry E. Solomon, for defendant Johnson on appeal.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and R.B. BURNS and V.J. BRENNAN, JJ.


LESINSKI, C.J.

On March 6, 1972 defendants Purdy and Johnson pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob being armed in Detroit Recorder's Court. MCLA 750.89; MSA 28.284. Both defendants now appeal their convictions by right alleging that the trial court did not inform them of their right to confront their accusers. Defendants' allegations are sound, and therefore we reverse.

An examination of the guilty plea transcript reveals the following exchange between...

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