People v. Salazar

Following a bench trial on October 26, 1983, defendant was found guilty of two counts of inciting, inducing, or exhorting another to commit murder, MCL 750.157b; MSA 28.354(2). Sentenced to two mandatory terms of life imprisonment, defendant appeals as of right raising six grounds of error, one of which we find controlling. We reverse.

At the preliminary examination the examining magistrate found probable cause to believe that defendant proposed to have Isidro Martinez, Jr., and undercover police informant, kill State Police Detectives Ronald Neil and Larry Kimmel. The circuit judge affirmed…