People v. Hall

In these cases, the common question for decision is whether the failure of the trial courts to inform the defendants prior to accepting their pleas of guilty or nolo contendere as required by GCR 1963, 785.7(l)(f) that they were not eligible for probation requires reversal of their convictions in the circumstances of the instant cases. We conclude that reversal of these convictions is not warranted.

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Three of the cases to be examined in this opinion evidence situations in which the prosecutor made a sentence recommendation to the trial court and the trial court sentenced the defendant in…