People v. Billings

Defendant-appellant was charged with the offense of “assault with intent to commit murder,” MCLA § 750.83 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.278). After trial, defendant was found guilty by a jury of “assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than the crime of murder,” MCLA § 750.84 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.279). Subsequently, he was sentenced to serve life imprisonment with a recommendation that he be placed in solitary confinement and never be considered for pardon or parole.1 He brings this appeal of right.

Defendant and another man, Mr. James Hanes, apparently broke into a saddlery company in…