People v. Haywood

Following a lengthy jury trial, defendant was convicted of one count of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and was sen tenced to forty to sixty years’ imprisonment. Defendant now appeals as of right. We affirm and hold, inter alia, that the trial courts may take judicial notice of the general acceptance of bloodstain interpretation evidence by the scientific community.

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This case arises out of the beating death of defendant’s girl friend. The victim’s death occurred sometime in the early morning hours of June 19, 1989, in the apartment she shared with defendant. The police found…