People v. Reid

Defendant pled guilty to a charge of larceny from a building. MCLA 750.360; MSA 28.592.

On August 13, 1973, this Court granted defendant’s motion for an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether his guilty plea was induced by a promise of leniency. At that hearing defendant testified that his probation officer promised that he would get defendant into a drug program if he pleaded guilty. The testimony of two other witnesses indicated that defendant had a drug problem at the time of the plea. The probation officer denied making any promises to defendant and denied that he was aware of…