PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

Docket No. 265778.

737 N.W.2d 790 (2007)

275 Mich. App. 177

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Geracer Raphael TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 5, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication August 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert Berlin, Chief Appellate Attorney, and Joshua D. Abbott, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Lawrence S. Kratz, Sterling Heights, for the defendant.

Before: O'CONNELL, P.J., and SAAD and TALBOT, JJ.


SAAD, J.

A jury convicted defendant of first-degree premeditated murder, MCL 750.316(1)(a), and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. These convictions stemmed from defendant's killing of Buel Lasater. The court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment for his murder conviction and a consecutive two-year term of imprisonment for his felony-firearm conviction. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. Insufficiency of...

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