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PEOPLE v. WELLS

Docket No. 77-1772.

87 Mich. App. 402 (1978)

274 N.W.2d 797

PEOPLE v. WELLS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1978.

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 H. Gail McKnight, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Bernstein, Rabinovitz & Weitzman, P.C., for defendant on appeal.

Before: D.C. RILEY, P.J., and M.F. CAVANAGH and B.M. HENSICK, JJ.

D.C. RILEY, P.J.

The present matter concerns a single issue; i.e., whether the prosecution's case in chief established the corpus delicti of first-degree, premeditated murder absent the introduction of defendant's confession.

Defendant Nathan Wells was charged with first-degree murder, contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. Following a jury trial, he was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and sentenced to life imprisonment. For...

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