PEOPLE v. MAUCH

Docket No. 56756, (Calendar No. 9).

397 Mich. 646 (1976)

247 N.W.2d 5

PEOPLE v. MAUCH

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 23, 1976.

Application for rehearing filed January 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Bruce A. Barton, Prosecuting Attorney, and James M. Justin, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender Office (by Roger L. Wotila) for defendant.


RYAN, J.

In this case the defendant, Richard Mauch, challenges the validity of his 1962 plea of guilty to kidnapping two City of Jackson policemen.

We hold that the plea was valid according to the standards existing at the time. We, therefore, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the conviction.

There are three issues to be decided:

1) Whether the guilty plea is fatally defective because the record fails to disclose the...

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