People v. Bell

Defendant was convicted of assault with intent to rob while armed, MCL 750.89; MSA 28.284, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, MCL 750.84; MSA 28.279. He was sentenced to ten to fifteen years and five to ten years respectively on the convictions, the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm defendant’s convictions.

Witnesses for the prosecution testified at trial that defendant attacked and beat the victim, a seven-month-pregnant woman, with a baseball bat while she was walking home from grocery shopping on the evening of January 9,…