People v. MacHus

On leave granted, the defendant appeals from an order entered in the recorder’s court for Detroit denying a motion to set aside his sentence and allow him to withdraw his plea of guilty to the crime of murder.

The information on which the plea of guilty was entered charges that the defendants “feloniously, wilfully and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder one Casimir Kliszewski; contrary to the form of the statute,” et cetera. It does not specify the degree of the murder, nor does it specify the manner, method, means or circumstances attending the alleged crime. The defendant on…