PEOPLE v. SAFFOLD

Docket No. 116710, Calendar No. 2.

631 N.W.2d 320 (2001)

465 Mich. 268

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Abraham SAFFOLD, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Jeffrey C. Middleton, Prosecuting Attorney, and Douglas K. Fisher, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Centreville, MI, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Anne Yantus) Detroit, MI, for the defendant-appelle.

Jeffrey L. Sauter, President, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Detroit, MI, for amicus curiae Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.


Opinion

WEAVER, J.

The question presented is whether the trial court's failure to comply with MCR 6.302(B)(3)(c) in accepting defendant's guilty plea to one count of receiving and concealing stolen property and fourth felony offender demands reversal of defendant's conviction. This undertaking is one where we, as our predecessor courts have done for over a quarter century, are interpreting and applying our own rules concerning guilty pleas. MCR 6.302(B)...

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