People v. Miller

This case is submitted on the people’s motion to dismiss or affirm, properly a motion to affirm under GCR 1963, 817.5(3).

Defendant was tried and convicted of breaking and entering (MCLA § 750.110 [Stat Ann 1968 Cum Supp § 28.305]) by Recorder’s Judge George W. Crockett, Jr., sitting without a jury, and was sentenced to serve 6 to 15 years in prison. On appeal, defendant raises three claims of error.

First, defendant claims the court erred in denying his request to dismiss his appointed counsel without ordering, sua sponte, a separate hearing into the effectiveness of counsel. "While defendant…