People v. Osterhout

In August of 1969, Alan P. Osterhout, age 17, was arrested in Iosco County, Michigan. He was charged with breaking and entering two separate places of business* 1 *and the malicious destruction of property in one of them.2 Defendant, while represented by counsel, waived preliminary examination and, at his arraignment in circuit court, pled guilty. On October 2, 1969, he was sentenced to serve from two to ten years on each count of breaking and entering and four years for destruction of property.

Defendant now seeks to set aside his guilty plea, contending that it was not freely, voluntarily…