PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 102949.

545 N.W.2d 637 (1996)

451 Mich. 115

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Johnnie JOHNSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

April 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Richard Thompson, Prosecuting Attorney, Joyce F. Todd, Chief, Appellate Division, and Richard H. Browne, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Pontiac, for the people.

Young & Kaluzny by Stuart L. Young, Bingham Farms, for defendant.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and felony-firearm, and as an habitual offender. However, the Court of Appeals set aside the convictions and ordered a new trial on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

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