People v. Saffold

The question presented is whether the trial court’s failure to comply with MCR 6.302(B)(3)(c) in accepting defendant’s guilty plea to one count of receiving and concealing stolen property and fourth felony offender demands reversal of defendant’s conviction. This undertaking is one where we, as our predecessor courts have done for over a quarter century, are interpreting and applying our own rules concerning guilty pleas. MCR 6.302(B)(3)(c) requires the trial court to inform the defendant that he waived his right at trial to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Here, the trial court did…