People v. Lytal

Defendant was orginally charged with open murder for the death of his girlfriend, Tori Lynn Scott. On July 18, 1978, defendant pled guilty to open murder. The trial court subsequently took testimony to determine the degree of murder. It found defendant guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced defendant to a life term with credit for 240 days. This Court vacated defendant’s guilty plea. The Supreme Court denied the prosecutor’s application for leave to appeal. People v Lytal #1, 409 Mich 884 (1980). Defendant was again charged with open murder. After a jury trial, defendant was found…