PEOPLE v. KERLEY

Docket No. 78-3883.

95 Mich. App. 74 (1980)

289 N.W.2d 883

PEOPLE v. KERLEY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James D. Norlander, Prosecuting Attorney, and Samuel I. Durham, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Peter Jon Van Hoek, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant on appeal.

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


ALLEN, J.

Following a three-day trial by jury, defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. On June 28, 1979, he was sentenced to prison for life, and he appeals of right. He raises four claims of error.

On Friday evening, September 30, 1977, defendant shot and killed his brother-in-law, Lyn Amos. The shooting occurred in the kitchen of defendant's sister, Denise, where Denise and Amos had been living since their marriage...

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