PEOPLE v. HUGHES

Docket No. 78-1038.

93 Mich. App. 333 (1979)

287 N.W.2d 226

PEOPLE v. HUGHES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William F. Delhey, Prosecuting Attorney, and Elizabeth Osgood Pollard, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Tarnow, for defendant on appeal.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and D.E. HOLBROOK, JJ.


D.E. HOLBROOK, J.

Defendant was convicted by jury on May 4, 1977, of felony murder, contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during the armed robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Ypsilanti on July 11, 1975. On June 7, 1977, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and now appeals of right.

Defendant's first trial ended in a mistrial in September 1976 when the jury was unable to reach a verdict. At the...

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