PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

Docket No. 30410.

80 Mich. App. 481 (1978)

264 N.W.2d 33

PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Leonard Townsend, for defendant.

Before: BRONSON, P.J., and ALLEN and T.M. BURNS, JJ.


BRONSON, P.J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. He appeals as of right.

The primary evidence against defendant at trial was the testimony of a police officer to whom defendant had confessed. According to that testimony, defendant and two others robbed the decedent, Percy Ward. About a week later, after learning that Ward was going to kill them they "got a plan...

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