People v. Hooks

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). The court sentenced defendant to not less than 6 months and not more than 15 years on the manslaughter charge and to a consecutive term of 2 years on the felony-firearm charge.

On February 2, 1980, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the defendant and Harold Ewing, deceased, were involved in a gun battle at the home of John Sellers. Around 2 a.m. on that same day, Ewing died of multiple gunshot…