People v. Brownridge

In this case the Court of Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction of being an habitual offender because the trial court did not comply with the requirements of GCR 1963, 785.7 in accepting the defendant’s plea of guilty to that charge. We agree with the disposition of the Court of Appeals.

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On May 29, 1980, the defendant was convicted by a jury of larceny in a building. Immediately thereafter the defendant was arraigned on a supplemental information charging him as a third-felony offender. Both defendant and his attorney acknowledged that it was the defendant’s desire to plead guilty to…