PEOPLE v. VAN WYCK

Docket No. 20435.

72 Mich. App. 101 (1976)

249 N.W.2d 311

PEOPLE v. VAN WYCK

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Harold S. Sawyer, Prosecuting Attorney, and Craig S. Neckers, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Street, Stevens, Schuler, Johnson, Hipkiss, Piasecki & Knowlton, for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and D.L. MUNRO, JJ.


D.L. MUNRO, J.

The defendant was convicted by a circuit court jury of second-degree murder in violation of MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549. He was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment. Defendant appeals from that conviction as of right.

One meritorious issue is raised on appeal. The defendant contends that it was error for the trial court to deny his request for an instruction to the jury on the elements of voluntary manslaughter. The record shows that...

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