People v. Gist

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of breaking and entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal property with a value in excess of five dollars, MCL 750.356(a); MSA 28.588(1). Defendant subsequently pleaded guilty of being a fourth-felony offender, MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084, and on March 24, 1989, was sentenced to forty to eighty years in prison. He appeals as of right, raising two issues.

The first issue raised on appeal is whether the court erred in admitting into evidence statements defendant alleges he involuntarily made to the police following his arrest. The statements that…