People v. Johnson

Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549. Pursuant to a plea bargain, a charge of first-degree murder was dismissed. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Court of Appeals considered and rejected asserted errors touching the plea-taking procedure and that Court’s ruling thereon is not challenged here. Rather defendant here argues the effect of "Proposal B” on the "lifer law” and claims that failure of the trial court to make certain that defendant was correctly informed thereon prevented an understanding plea as required by GCR…