People v. Thomas

Defendant Booker Thomas was convicted upon his plea of guilty of second-degree murder. MCLA § 750.317 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.549). He appeals as of right alleging that the trial court’s inquiry into the facts surrounding the guilty plea did not establish a sufficient factual basis for its acceptance pursuant to the requirements of GCR 1963, 785.3, and People v. Barrows (1959), 358 Mich 267, 272.

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder. Testimony at the preliminary examination showed that defendant assaulted a woman, grabbed her purse, dragged her into an alley and attempted to rape…