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PEOPLE v. VAIL

Docket No. 55320, (Calendar No. 6).

393 Mich. 460 (1975)

227 N.W.2d 535

PEOPLE v. VAIL

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 7, 1975.

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, Deputy Appellate Counsel, for the people.

Douglas Chartrand, for defendant.

T.M. KAVANAGH, J.

Defendant, George Herbert Vail, was charged with first-degree murder1 for his participation in a shooting incident which caused the death of David Rivas. Tried in Oakland County Circuit Court, defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a jury on June 16, 1970 and he was later sentenced to a prison term of 7-1/2 to 15 years. His appeal to the Court of Appeals2 resulted in affirmance...

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