PEOPLE v. LOVETT

Docket No. 77-3490.

90 Mich. App. 169 (1979)

283 N.W.2d 357

PEOPLE v. LOVETT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Michael W. LaBeau, Prosecuting Attorney, and William P. Godfroy, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender Office (by Derrick A. Carter, Assistant Defender, and Ronald J. Bretz, Research Attorney), for defendant on appeal.

Before: M.J. KELLEY, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and M.F. CAVANAGH, JJ.


J.H. GILLIS, J.

Defendant appeals from his plea-based conviction of two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. MCL 750.84; MSA 28.279. Four issues are raised for our consideration.

The case arises out of a shooting incident. Defendant fired a pistol at Morris Cheatham but the bullet missed him and hit Troy Barbier, who was standing across the street.

Defendant first attacks the doctrine of "transferred intent", claiming...

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