PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. 15112.

52 Mich. App. 262 (1974)

217 N.W.2d 63

PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, George N. Parris, Prosecuting Attorney, Thaddeus F. Hamera, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Don L. Milbourn, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

James R. McMaster, for defendant.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and HOLBROOK and BASHARA, JJ.


LESINSKI, C.J.

The defendant was found guilty by a jury of unarmed robbery, MCLA 750.530; MSA 28.798. He was sentenced to incarceration for 3-1/2 to 5 years, and appeals as of right.

The sole meritorious issue presented by this appeal concerns the effect of the defendant's absence from hearings purporting to determine his competency to stand trial. At the first hearing, the prosecution and defense counsel concurred that the defendant was not competent to stand...

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