People v. Parney

As a result of plea negotiations between the prosecution and defense counsel, defendant Junior Laverne Parney, originally charged with first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548, pled guilty at his arraignment to second-degree murder, MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, for the shooting death of his estranged lover, Ms. Elizabeth Kurtz. Prior to this plea, defense counsel waived the reading of the information and the second-degree murder statute. The circuit court accepted the proffered plea and later sentenced defendant to a 30- to 45-year term in prison.

I

Initially, defendant charges that the lower…