PEOPLE v. MORRIS

Docket No. 144276.

202 Mich. App. 620 (1993)

509 N.W.2d 865

PEOPLE v. MORRIS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 6, 1993, at 9:30 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Carl J. Marlinga, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert J. Berlin, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Richard J. Goodman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek), for the defendant on appeal.

Before: REILLY, P.J., and MICHAEL J. KELLY and CONNOR, JJ.


MICHAEL J. KELLY, J.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549. Defendant had originally been charged with open murder, MCL 767.71; MSA 28.1011. He was sentenced to twenty-five to fifty years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right, and we reverse.

The incident leading to defendant's conviction occurred during the late evening hours of September 7, 1990, in the City of Roseville. On that date, defendant...

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