People v. McCurtis

Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree, CL 1948, § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548), and, after a preliminary examination, he was bound over to Recorder’s Court where he subsequently entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree, CL 1948, § 750.317 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.549). This timely claim of appeal is grounded on three contentions of error. First, the preliminary examination failed to establish corpus delicti. Second, the trial court failed to comply with the requirements of CL 1948, § 768.35 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.1058), the examination of defendant…