PEOPLE v. BOOTH

Docket Nos. 62341, 62342. (Calendar Nos. 1, 2).

414 Mich. 343 (1982)

324 N.W.2d 741

PEOPLE v. BOOTH PEOPLE v. LONG

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Theodore O. Johnson, Prosecuting Attorney, and Thomas C. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

Norris J. Thomas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Appellate Defender, for defendant Booth.

P.E. Bennett, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant Long.


Decided October 5, 1982. Rehearing denied in Booth, post, 1112.

COLEMAN, C.J.

The key issue in these cases1 of first impression is whether a defendant who is unable to recall some or all of the events surrounding the commission of a particular crime may enter a plea of guilty but mentally ill2 to that crime, and, if so, what procedure is to be utilized at the plea-taking proceeding to establish a factual...

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