People v. MacKlin

On April 6, 1971, two Genesee County deputy sheriffs were assigned to take three county jail prisoners to a dentist’s office in Flint for dental attention. Two of the prisoners were the defendants herein. At that office, during an escape attempt, one deputy was shot and died as a result thereof, and one deputy was seriously wounded.

Defendants were tried together and were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder* 1 of one deputy, and of assault with intent to murder 2 another deputy.

The events which took place on April 6, 1971, are as follows:

Defendants Chipman and Macklin were inmates in…