People v. Prather

By order, the Supreme Court remanded this case to us "for explication of the reasons for decision of those issues not addressed in its opinion of December 4, 1981”. Our first opinion involved both defendant Prather and defendant Trusel. This opinion concerns only defendant Prather.

This case arose out of a shooting incident which occurred in the late evening hours of March 10, 1980, at a motel located in the City of Detroit. Defendant Prather and codefendant Trusel, with a female friend, Miriam Royals, occupied a room close to a room where a group of teenagers were celebrating the return of a…