People v. Betts

In a bench trial in Detroit Recorder’s Court, defendant was found guilty of felonious assault by means of a shotgun as a result of an incident on March 23, 1984. The complainant went to his brother’s house with a wrecker to tow a disabled car away and, after he crawled out from under the car and was hooking up the wrecker, he heard defendant swearing at him and also saw defendant in defendant’s doorway on the porch with a shotgun, which was racked and pointed at the complainant.

Defendant testified that the complainant had pulled the tow truck up into his driveway and he believed that the…