People v. Williams

422 Mich. 381 (1985)

373 N.W.2d 567

PEOPLE

v.

WILLIAMS

Docket No. 72519, (Calendar No. 7).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued January 10, 1985.

Decided September 4, 1985.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, George B. Mullison, Prosecuting Attorney, and Thomas J. Rasdale, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Mardi Crawford) for the defendant.

RYAN, J.

The defendant's conviction for first-degree premeditated murder[1] was vacated by the Court of Appeals because the prosecution failed to produce evidence, independent of the…