People v. Washington

On October 27, 1977, defendant was bound over to Kent County Circuit Court on two counts of murder. MCLA 750.316, 750.317; MSA 28.548, 28.549. A motion to quash was filed on November 14, 1977, but an order denying that motion was entered on December 18, 1977. By order dated January 20, 1978, this Court granted leave to appeal.

Russell and Jacqueline Palmer were slain in their home on March 20, 1975. The only witness to the slayings was decedents’ four-year-old daughter, Clarissa. She testified that during the evening three men, one of whom was armed with a gun, entered the home where she lived…