People v. Hall

On April 27,1973, defendant-appellant, Richard Bernard Hall, withdrew his plea of not guilty to first-degree murder and pled guilty to the lesser included offense of second-degree murder, MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, before Detroit Recorder’s Court Judge John Patrick O’Brien. Hall was sentenced on July 16, 1973, to a term of from 10 to 15 years in prison.

Subsequent to acceptance of the guilty plea, but prior to sentencing, Albert A. Kramer replaced Henry Thuman as Hall’s counsel. On June 21, 1973, a motion to withdraw Hall’s plea of guilty was filed,* 1 asserting, inter alia, that an examination…