People v. Ewing

Defendant pled guilty to the charge of assaulting a prison employee in violation of MCL 750.197c; MSA 28.394(3). Defendant was sentenced to a term of 1-1/2 to 4 years imprisonment and brings this appeal as of right.

On the day of the assault, defendant was assigned to Camp Waterloo and was enrolled in a work-pass program washing dishes in an Ann Arbor hotel. At the end of his work shift, defendant drank "a few beers” before being returned to the camp. When returned to the camp, defendant was told by a second inmate that prison officers wanted to see the defendant at the camp’s main office. At…