People v. Collier

Defendant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, and was sentenced to from 12-1/2 to 25 years imprisonment. Defendant now appeals of right.

The victim, Bernard Mangham, was a homosexual who frequently picked up men at bars. Charles Hubert, the manager of the victim’s apartment building, had been concerned for Mangham’s safety as there had been a great deal of "traffic” in the victim’s apartment.

Hubert testified that on July 20, 1978, while checking door to door for the source of a very strong odor, he discovered Bernard Mangham’s body inside Mangham’s…