PEOPLE v. THORNTON

Docket No. 30374.

80 Mich. App. 746 (1978)

265 N.W.2d 35

PEOPLE v. THORNTON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief Appellate Counsel, and James L. McCarthy, Assistant Appellate Counsel, for the people.

James S. Thornton, in propria persona.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and ALLEN and R.M. MAHER, JJ.


ALLEN, J.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder by an Oakland County jury on August 24, 1975. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. He was later sentenced to life in prison as required by the statute, and appeals as of right.

The killing occurred on May 11, 1974. On that day, Edward Rasen and William Day went to defendant's home in Farmington Hills. Their encounter resulted in William Day's death and left Edward Rasen severely wounded. The exact details of what...

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