People v. Jackson

Defendant Jackson was originally charged with breaking and entering, to which he stood mute; a second count of larceny in a building was added, to which he pled guilty. Defendant Osborne was originally charged with unarmed robbery, to which he stood mute; he later pled guilty to attempted unarmed robbery. In neither case did the judge personally interrogate the defendant so as to ascertain whether or not “the plea was freely, understandingly and voluntarily made without undue influence, compulsion or duress and without promise of leniency” as required by GCR 1963, 785.3 (2). The interrogation…