PEOPLE v. COCUZZA

Docket No. 68153.

413 Mich. 78 (1982)

318 N.W.2d 465

PEOPLE v. COCUZZA

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Frank J. Bernacki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek) for defendant.


PER CURIAM:

The issue before us in this case is whether a trial judge, who presided over prior incomplete guilty plea proceedings involving a defendant, must sua sponte disqualify himself from conducting that defendant's bench trial. The Court of Appeals concluded that the trial judge erred in failing to so disqualify himself. We disagree and we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

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The defendant was charged with breaking and entering...

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