People v. Nelson

In People v. Barrows (1959), 358 Mich 267, 272, the Michigan Supreme Court held that before accepting a plea of guilty a trial judge should by direct questioning of the accused establish that the crime was committed and that the defendant participated in its commission. On the authority of that decision, our Court in recent years has reversed several convictions based upon guilty pleas where the required examination was not conducted. See People v. Perine (1967), 7 Mich App 292; People v. Mason (1968), 13 Mich App 277; People v. Richard E. Johnson (1967), 8 Mich App 204; People v. Creger…