People v. Taylor

Two issues are dispositive in this case. The first issue is whether review of a guilty plea must begin in the trial court before being heard in the appellate courts. The second issue is whether the trial judge in this case met the standards of Court Rule No 35A (1945), and People v Barrows, 358 Mich 267 (1959) in taking a 1960 guilty plea.1

The facts of the originally charged offense, breaking and entering a business place in the nighttime with intent to commit a larceny, have no significance to this case on appeal. Defendant pled guilty in Detroit Recorder’s Court to a specially added count…