People v. Ernest Edwards

Defendant was charged with *309having murdered Robert Stevens while attempting to rob him (felony murder). MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. Depending upon the jury’s assessment of the credibility of assorted witnesses, both prosecution and defense, the evidence presented justified any of the following findings of fact: that defendant killed Stevens while attempting to rob him; that defendant killed Stevens, but not during an attempted robbery; or that Stevens was killed by someone other than defendant. Accordingly, the jury was instructed as to four possible verdicts: guilty of first-degree murder, of…