PEOPLE v. GRISHAM

Docket No. 58052.

125 Mich. App. 280 (1983)

335 N.W.2d 680

PEOPLE v. GRISHAM

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Robert H. Cleland, Prosecuting Attorney, and C. Denton Wolf, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Richard B. Ginsberg), for defendant.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and WAHLS, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of two counts of manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553. Sentenced to a prison term of from 2 to 15 years, he appeals as of right.

On January 20, 1979, defendant lost control of the automobile he was driving and struck an oncoming vehicle. Two of defendant's three children, who were passengers in defendant's car, were killed.

It was the prosecution's theory that defendant had been driving at an excessive...

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