People v. Plozai

We reconsider this case on remand pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court1 vacating our opinion in People v Plozai, 125 Mich App 107; 335 NW2d 500 (1983), and remanding back to this Court "for reconsideration of the harmless error issue. Cf. People v Woods, 416 Mich 581, 595-601; 331 NW2d 707 (1982)”.

Our opinion in Plozai, supra, reversed defendant’s conviction by jury of first-degree murder on grounds that the trial court erred reversibly when, in instructing the jury on the element of malice, the trial court said:_

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