People v. Garcia

Per. Curiam.

The setting and most of the preliminary facts leading to this appeal are contained in People v Garcia, 19 Mich App 465, 466 (1969):

“Bert Crandall was shot and killed in a Grand Rapids bar. Defendant Anastacio Garcia, Jr., was arraigned on an open charge of murder (MCLA § 767.71 [Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.1011]); he stood mute, and a plea of not guilty was entered. At a rearraignment he pled guilty to the lesser included offense of manslaughter and subsequently was sentenced to 7-1/2 to 15 years in prison. Later, on defendent’s motion, the plea was vacated and a trial ordered for the…