People v. Behm

By jury verdict, all defendants were convicted of kidnapping, MCLA 750.349; MSA 28.581. The same jury also found defendants Behm and Culpepper guilty of armed robbery, MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797. All were sentenced and all appeal. Defendants Behm, Patterson, and Whitehead are represented by one counsel. Defendant Culpepper has separate counsel.

Claudette Taylor of Goodells and defendant Culpepper of Roseville had known each other for several months prior to the date of the crimes involved in these appeals. They both knew the other defendants and Tom Leszczynski, a co-defendant tried separately,…