People v. Eagen

Following a nonjury trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317: MSA 28.549. He was sentenced to a prison term of from 10 to 25 years. He appeals as of right.

On appeal, defendant first claims that the trial judge’s findings of fact were inadequate. Specifically, defendant claims that the judge failed to articulate the facts necessary to resolve defendant’s claims of intoxication and provocation.

Defendant claims that he was too intoxicated to have formed the specific intent to commit murder at the time he killed his victim. We find, contrary to defendant’s claim, that…