PEOPLE v. JOESEYPE JOHNSON

Docket No. 26753.

75 Mich. App. 337 (1977)

254 N.W.2d 667

PEOPLE v. JOESEYPE JOHNSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Research, Training and Appeals, and Willie G. Lipscomb, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

George C. Edwards, III, for defendant on appeal.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and D.C. RILEY, JJ.


D.C. RILEY, J.

Following a jury trial and conviction on a charge of second-degree murder, MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, the trial court meted out a sentence of life imprisonment to defendant Joeseype Johnson. Defendant now appeals raising four claims of error. We reverse on one and refrain from addressing the others since they are unlikely to recur on retrial.

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