People v. Robert Hall

Defendant Robert W. Hall was convicted by a jury on January 9, 1973, of second-degree murder. MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549. He was sentenced on February 13, 1973, to a prison term of from 30 to 50 years, with appropriate credit for time already spent in jail. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence as of right.

On the night of May 20-21, 1972, three young men from Michigan City, Indiana, Kenneth Beh rendt, Claude Novak, and the victim, John Blank, drove to Casey’s Pub in New Buffalo, Michigan. At the pub, these men talked to some friends for a short period of time and then talked to some…