People v. Derrick Smith

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in the perpetration of a robbery contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals as of right.

The killing of one Lawrence Newhouse occurred on August 3, 1974. Blanche Foster, a neighbor of the deceased, testified that she had known the deceased for 40 years and that he lived in a house on Steel Street in the City of Detroit across the alley from the witness. On August 2, 1974, she saw the deceased in his home at 3:30 p.m. and later at 6:30 p.m.; the deceased was well. On the following day, the witness…