PEOPLE v. BENNETT

Docket No. 16148.

52 Mich. App. 742 (1974)

218 N.W.2d 407

PEOPLE v. BENNETT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 30, 1974.


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 Leonard Meyers, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Daniel A. Burress, P.C., for defendant.

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


ALLEN, J.

October 20, 1972, defendant, age 17, was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment and appeals.

On the afternoon of May 9, 1972, the Wayne County Sheriff's Department was called to the residence of Michael Berry in Plymouth Township where they observed the body of Vivian Berry lying on the garage floor clad only in an open blouse and one socklet. The body had been stabbed repeatedly. The...

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