People v. Vasquez

Defendant pled nolo contendere to one count of manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, and was sentenced to from 9-1/2 to 15 years imprisonment. The people appeal as of right a prior quashing of an information charging defendant with second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549.

Testimony received at the preliminary examination showed that on April 30, 1982, at approximately 2:15 a.m., defendant commandeered a police car and fled the custody of the Detroit Police Department. He was at that time under arrest for felonious assault and had been handcuffed. Defendant initiated a high speed chase…