People v. Jackson

Defendant was found guilty of second-degree murder, MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, by a judge sitting without a jury. This Court affirmed the conviction, People v Robert Jackson, 41 Mich App 530; 200 NW2d 465 (1972), but the Supreme Court remanded the case back to the trial court for additional fact finding. People v Jackson, 390 Mich 621; 212 NW2d 918 (1973). Defendant appeals, raising three claims of error arising out of that remand.

The facts of this case are set out more extensively in both appellate decisions but are basically as follows: Defendant, with Michael Lewis and the decedent, Jackie…