PEOPLE v. COOPER

Docket No. 24047.

73 Mich. App. 660 (1977)

252 N.W.2d 564

PEOPLE v. COOPER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, E. Brady Denton, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney, and Peter C. Jensen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Marshall S. Redman, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and BASHARA and R.M. MAHER, JJ.


DANHOF, C.J.

Defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, contrary to MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, and sentenced to a term of from 10 to 20 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals by right.

Defendant claims that the self-defense instructions given by the trial judge were reversibly erroneous. The self-defense instructions complained of are indistinguishable from those given in People v Shelton, 64 Mich.App. 154

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