PEOPLE v. COOPER

Docket No. 98282.

168 Mich. App. 62 (1988)

423 N.W.2d 597

PEOPLE v. COOPER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of the Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Janice M. Joyce Bartee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Patricia S. Slomski, for defendant.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and H. HOOD and M. WARSHAWSKY, JJ.


H. HOOD, J.

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, arising out of an incident in which the victim, Carolyn Williams, was burned to death in a Detroit alley. Defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from one hundred to two hundred years and appeals as of right.

The principle testimony regarding the incident came from the trial testimony of Tamika Williams and defendant and the preliminary...

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