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PEOPLE v. CHAMPION

Docket No. 43108.

97 Mich. App. 25 (1980)

293 N.W.2d 715

PEOPLE v. CHAMPION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James J. Gregart, Prosecuting Attorney, and Stephen M. Wheeler, Principal Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Carl Ziemba, for defendant on appeal.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and R.B. BURNS and MacKENZIE, JJ.

DANHOF, C.J.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, on September 1, 1978. On December 26, 1978, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals as of right.

Defendant was originally charged with first-degree murder on the theory that he aided and abetted his friend, Steve Massias, in a premeditated plot to kill Massias's ex-girlfriend, Karen "Katy" Taylor.

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