People v. Love

Defendant was charged with armed robbery. MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797. After several adjournments, trial was scheduled to begin on October 10, 1974. At that time, defendant’s appointed counsel requested a . further continuance. The request was denied and the process of selecting a jury had begun, when defendant offered to plead nolo contendere to the charged offense. Although the prosecutor stated that he would have no objection if defendant were permitted to plead guilty to unarmed robbery, and despite a statement by defense counsel on the record that his advice to defendant was that a plea of…