People v. Jones

Defendant pled guilty to manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, and to being a second-felony offender, MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082. Thereafter sentenced to a prison term of 15 to 22 Vi years, defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.

At the outset of the plea-taking, the judge noted that the prosecutor and defendant had reached a plea bargain, but the judge’s decision whether to accept the plea would be deferred, pending his discussions with the family of the victim. The judge noted that he was not comfortable with a plea tendered over the opposition of the family of a homicide victim. The judge…