People v. Walton

Defendants appeal from their jury conviction of first-degree murder, MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548.

The evidence at trial showed that on the evening of February 21, 1975, the decedent and several other men were helping decedent’s sister move into a flat on Tyler Street in Detroit. An automobile driven by defendant Sanders and occupied by defendant Walton and three other men pulled up in front of the house. The occupants of the vehicle inquired as to the whereabouts of a "party” and some heated words ensued between the decedent and Sanders. Sanders informed the decedent that he had better not be…