People v. Jackson

Defendant appeals as of right from his April 18, 1985, conviction in Saginaw Circuit Court of premeditated first-degree murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. We affirm.

The incident leading to defendant’s conviction was the December 13, 1983, beating death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Defendant, who was sixteen years old at the time of the incident, became acquainted with the victim two or three years prior to it because his father was dating the victim’s mother. A friend of the victim testified at trial that the victim did not like defendant, and teased him by calling him "pizza face.”

One of the…