People v. Berry

Defendant appeals from conviction by jury verdict of first-degree murder in violation of MCLA § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). He was given the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.

Defendant was charged with aiding and abetting a robbery wherein a homicide resulted.

On November 4, 1967, a Detroit News substation on Appoline Street near 7 Mile Road was robbed by two armed men. During the course of the robbery the station manager, Mr. Gerald Vincent McCullough, was shot and killed after being forced to lay facedown on the floor.

On November 16, 1967, Thomas Perry Bragg and Victor Marvin…