Legal Opinion

People v. Koryba

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided January 17, 1974No. Docket 17792PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtR. B. Burns, J.

Defendant pleaded guilty to receiving or concealing stolen property with a value of over $100. MCLA 750.535; MSA 28.803.

After his plea but prior to sentencing, defendant changed attorneys and filed a motion to set aside his plea of guilty and set the case for trial.

The defendant claimed his prior counsel had informed him that if he insisted on having a trial and lost, his mimimum sentence would be increased by one year.

The trial court denied defendant’s motion and sentenced the defendant to a term of two to five years in prison. The order reads:

"This matter having come on for argument in open…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. GuestMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. ZunigaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974

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