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PEOPLE v. GAFFNEY

Docket No. 18373.

57 Mich. App. 457 (1975)

225 N.W.2d 806

PEOPLE v. GAFFNEY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, and Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Charles Campbell, for defendant on appeal.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and ALLEN and PETERSON, JJ.

J.H. GILLIS, P.J.

Defendant proffered a plea of guilty to manslaughter (MCLA 750.321; MSA 28.553) on May 23, 1973, and the trial judge accepted the plea June 7, 1973.1 Defendant was sentenced to 8-1/2 years to 15 years in prison and appeals as of right.

Defendant argues that the trial judge did not adequately inform him of the general nature of the charge to which he pled guilty. The following testimony, taken at the guilty-plea...

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