PEOPLE v. GUY TAYLOR

Docket Nos. 64115, 69627, 74020. (Calendar Nos. 12-14).

422 Mich. 554 (1985)

375 N.W.2d 1

PEOPLE v. GUY TAYLOR PEOPLE v. JOHNSON PEOPLE v. RONALD TAYLOR

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Timothy A. Baughman, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, for the people in Guy Taylor and Johnson, and Rosemary A. Gordon, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Ronald Taylor.

Alan L. Kaufman for defendant Guy Taylor.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek) for defendant Johnson and (by Gail Rodwan) for defendant Ronald Taylor.


PER CURIAM:

The issue in these cases is whether an actual intent to kill is an element of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder. MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278. The prosecution concedes that it is, and we therefore address the question whether to reduce these assault convictions.

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