PEOPLE v. RIGGS

Docket No. 178918.

568 N.W.2d 101 (1997)

223 Mich. App. 662

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Toni Cato RIGGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 30, 1997, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication August 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Jeffrey Caminsky, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for People.

State Appellate Defender by Ronald J. Bretz and Lyle N. Marshall, for Defendant-Appellant on appeal.

Before WHITE, P.J., and SMOLENSK! and R.R. LAMB, JJ.


SMOLENSKI, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, M.C.L. § 750.316; M.S.A. § 28.548, and conspiracy to commit murder, M.C.L. § 750.157a; M.S.A. § 28.354(1). Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of life in prison without parole. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.

Because of the significance of the constitutional issue presented in this case, our recitation of the facts is necessarily detailed. In...

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