PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Docket No. 29355.

78 Mich. App. 89 (1977)

259 N.W.2d 381

PEOPLE v. WATKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward R. Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and William T. Morris, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Robert M. Cohn, for defendant on appeal.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and T.M. BURNS and A.E. KEYES, JJ.


A.E. KEYES, J.

Defendant appeals his March 16, 1976, jury conviction of first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548.

On April 16, 1976, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

At trial, a key prosecution witness and alleged accomplice, Travis Herndon, was granted immunity in return for his testimony. His testimony contained a detailed account of the activities of the defendant and said witness on the date of the murder, including, inter alia,<...

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