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PEOPLE v. SLAPPY

Docket No. 19783.

59 Mich. App. 525 (1975)

230 N.W.2d 4

PEOPLE v. SLAPPY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 12, 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 Steven Rabinovitz, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

George C. Dovas, for defendant on appeal.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and PETERSON, JJ.

V.J. BRENNAN, J.

Defendant was tried before a judge sitting without a jury and convicted of manslaughter (MCLA 750.321; MSA 28.553). He was sentenced to from 2 to 15 years in prison and now appeals as of right. Defendant contends that he never properly waived the right to a jury trial and that the court erroneously failed to determine whether he was competent to stand trial.

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