People v. Corbett

Defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm and discuss two issues raised in his appeal:

I. The court’s disclosure to the jury that he had found the defendant’s statement to be voluntary; and

II. The court’s failure to include instruction comparable to paragraphs (6) and (7) of the proposed Michigan Criminal Jury Instruction (CJI) 3:1:10 when instructing on circumstantial evidence.

Other issues raised by defendant have been considered. Defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel; nor is reversal required because of trial misconduct…