People v. Hughey

Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of first-degree felony murder. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. Defendant was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole. He now appeals and we affirm.

We first collectively consider three arguments raised by defendant that the trial court should have granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. Specifically, defendant argues that the motion should have been granted because the prosecutor failed to prove the corpus delicti of the crime prior to the introduction of defendant’s confession, because the…