People v. Dykhouse

*494Brickley, J.

This case requires us to review the propriety of the first-degree murder instructions in CJI 16:2:01.1 We hold that those instructions, although somewhat imprecise, do not contain error prejudicial to the defendant.

Defendant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and assault with intent to commit murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278. He was sentenced to terms of life imprisonment and thirty to sixty years imprisonment, respectively. These convictions arose out of events on February 25, 1979, when defendant, after an evening of heavy drinking,…