People v. Bailey

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and kidnapping, MCL 750.349; MSA 28.581. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life for the first-degree premeditated murder conviction and for a period of from sixty to ninety years for the kidnapping conviction. Defendant was not sentenced on the felony murder conviction. He appeals as of right. We affirm in part and reverse in part._

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Defendant’s convictions arose from the abduction and strangulation of a fourteen-year-old boy.…