People v. Wright

Defendant was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, CL 1948, § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). July 16, 1968, a jury found defendant guilty of second-degree murder, CL 1948, § 750.317 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.549). He was sentenced and he appeals.

Pour persons were present when Howard Thompson was shot and killed March 9, 1968, namely: the victim, defendant, defendant’s son and Ralph George (for some unexplained reason, George’s name appears as “Georgia” in many places in the trial transcript and in the briefs, hut in the preliminary examination transcript, his name clearly appears…