People v. Paige

Defendant appeals as of right from his jury conviction of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and felony-firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 27.424(2).

On the morning of March 6, 1982, two men assaulted and wounded Rachel Powell, defendant’s ladyfriend, in an attempt to rob her. After Ms. Powell received medical treatment for her wound, she, defendant, defendant’s brother Wilmon Nichols, and Nichols’s wife, Romanitta Nichols, drove back to the area where Ms. Powell had been assaulted. Defendant and Nichols brought fire arms; defendant had a rifle and Nichols carried a sawed-off shotgun. When…