People v. Nelson

Defendant was convicted in a bench trial of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and of the commission of a felony while in the possession of a firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). He was sentenced to a mandatory term of life imprisonment on the felony-murder conviction and a two-year term of imprisonment on the felony-firearm conviction and now appeals as of right.

The evidence introduced at trial established that the defendant and his brother attempted to stop two boys riding their bicycles in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. One bicyclist managed to get away, but not before the…