People v. Birmingham

On May 25, 1965, the defendant was charged in an information with assault with intent to murder 1 in Recorder’s Court for the city of Detroit. On November 4, 1965, a jury found him guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than the crime of murder, 2 before Hon. John P. Scallen who sentenced him to 9 to 10 years in prison.

In the same case in a supplemental information, defendant was charged under the habitual criminal act 3 of having been convicted of 3 other felonies prior to the last conviction. On March 16, 1966, in a jury trial, defendant Avas convicted under the…