People v. Grimmett

George Grimmett was convicted by jury trial of assaulting John Knbon with intent to commit the crime of murder 1 and is now serving a life sentence. The undisputed evidence disclosed that three men entered Shaker’s Market, a small Detroit store, on December 22, 1968, with the apparent intent to commit robbery armed. One of the men had in his hand a .22 caliber revolver and told Kubon, a customer in the store, to turn around. Kubon did so and was rewarded for his compliance with a bullet in the back.

As one claim of error on appeal, defendant asserts that there was insufficient evidence to…