People v. Weatherford

Defendant, an inmate, was originally charged with assault with intent to murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278, but was ultimately convicted by a jury of the lesser misdemeanor offense of aggravated assault, MCL 750.81a; MSA 28.276(1).1 His conviction stemmed from the stabbing of a fellow inmate. He was sentenced to a one-year term in prison to run consecutively to the sentence he was serving at the time the assault occurred. Defendant appeals the conviction and sentence as of right, and we affirm.

We first consider defendant’s assigning of error to the trial court’s ordering him to serve the…