People v. Garfield

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Defendant was sentenced to from five to fifteen years imprisonment on the murder conviction, and to a consecutive two-year term for the felony-firearm conviction. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder and felony-firearm after the April 16, 1985, shooting death of her neighbor, Charles Lock. Defendant was a thirty-one-year-old widow with three teenage…