People v. DeLong

Defendant pled nolo contendere to resisting and obstructing a police officer, MCL 750.479; MSA 28.747. He also pled guilty to being a third-offense habitual felony offender, MCL 769.11; MSA 28.1083. Sentenced to a term of from 32 to 48 months in prison, defendant appeals as of right.

Defendant states that he pled nolo contendere because he was intoxicated at the time of the incident and could not sufficiently remember the event to provide a factual basis in support of his plea. See generally GCR 1963, 785.7(3)(a). He now argues on appeal that the trial court erred in accepting his plea without…