People v. Blanton

The prosecution appeals by leave granted 1 the June 19, 2015 circuit court order granting defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; assault with intent to do great bodily harm, MCL 750.84; and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (felony-firearm), MCL 750.227b, on the basis that the plea proceeding was defective. The trial court denied the prosecution’s motion for reconsideration on July 24, 2015. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant was originally charged with one count each of assault…