People v. Griffis

The defendant was convicted of the crime of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling with intent to commit a larceny. MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 28.305).

The only issue raised on appeal concerns the procedures preceding the sentencing of the defendant to a prison term of 7-1/2 to 15 years.

Before sentencing, the defendant’s lawyer asked for a copy of the presentence report. The judge took the request under advisement and before the date set for sentencing furnished the defendant’s lawyer with four pages of the six-page report, withholding two pages.

The rule enunciated in…