People v. Conte

Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, as were codefendants Gary Wolfe and David Ovegian. The three defendants were jointly charged but tried before separate juries. Each jury returned a first-degree murder verdict. Defendant Conte appeals as of right.

Defendant raises several issues on appeal, the first of which is that the Court of Appeals committed error in reversing the trial court’s suppression of the defendant’s confession. The voluntariness of the confession was addressed by this Court in a prior interlocutory appeal by the prosecutor. The prior ruling…