Legal Opinion
People v. Welch
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided March 10, 1998No. Docket 196763PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmolensk, P.J.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and sentenced to sixteen to forty years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.
Defendant’s conviction arises out of the drowning death of Deletha Word, who jumped off the MacArthur Bridge at Belle Isle after she had been attacked and repeatedly beaten by defendant.
Defendant first challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict with respect to the charge of second-degree murder. We find no error. The trial court used the…
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- People v. MessengerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1997
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