PEOPLE v McMAHAN

Defendant was convicted by a juiy of second-degree murder under MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549. The Court of Appeals reversed defendant’s conviction on the ground that the criminal-agency component of the coipus delicti of the crime was not established independent of defendant’s confession. Unpublished opinion per curiam, entered December 14, 1993 (Docket No. 144657). We agree and affirm.

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On August 13, 1985, Carolyn Kenyon left her apartment and was never seen or heard from again. She left in bare feet, wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts, and did not take her purse, her medication,1 or any…