People v. Poindexter

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder (MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548) and armed robbery (MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797). In consecutive proceedings before a judge of the Detroit Recorder’s Court, defendant’s pleas of guilty to second-degree murder (MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549) and assault with intent to rob being armed (MCLA 750.89; MSA 28.284) were accepted. He was later sentenced and now appeals as of right; the two cases were consolidated by an order of this Court.

The first of the two arguments advanced by the defendant is that the trial court erred by failing to ascertain whether defendant’s…