Legal Opinion
People v. George
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 14, 1976No. Docket 20743PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.
The defendant was charged with first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548, in the March, 1969, slaying of Frances Brown. He subsequently pled guilty to second-degree murder. MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549. As part of the plea-taking procedure the plea-taking court elicited sufficient facts from the defendant to establish a factual basis for the defendant’s guilt. Accord, People v Barrows, 358 Mich 267, 273; 99 NW2d 347 (1959).
In March, 1973, this Court reversed the defendant’s plea-based conviction 1 because the trial court failed to properly advise the defendant of his…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- In Re Guilty Plea CasesMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. JaworskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- People v. BarrowsMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by22 opinions
- People v. OliverMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. StricklandMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. GeorgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- People v. WilkensMichigan Court of Appeals · 1984
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