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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 13549.

53 Mich. App. 329 (1974)

220 N.W.2d 65

PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, and T.S. Givens, Assistant Appellate Counsel, for the people.

John H. Waldeck (Kenneth A. Webb, of counsel), for defendant.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and ALLEN and VAN VALKENBURG, JJ.

ALLEN, J.

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. Upon trial by jury, defendant interposed the defense of insanity. He was found guilty of murder of the first degree and sentenced to prison for life.

March 9, 1971, the body of Leona Senkiel was found dead in the basement of her home. Her head was reduced to a pulp and stab wounds had penetrated her heart and lungs. Pieces of a broken crutch were found in the living room and...

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