People v. Hoffmeister

Defendant, Byron Lee Hoffmeister, was convicted by a jury in Livingston County Circuit Court of murder in the first degree. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. He was sentenced on April 18, 1972 to life imprisonment, with the recommen dation that the first five years be spent in solitary confinement. Defendant appeals raising eight issues of which only five merit discussion.

Defendant first argues that the arrest warrant in this case was unconstitutionally issued, having been based on a conclusory complaint. If the arrest was made solely on the authority of the warrant, and assuming that it was…