People v. Mullaney

Defendant appeals of right her February 7, 1978, jury conviction of first-degree murder. MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. On August 10, 1978, she was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.

Defendant raises a number of issues in this appeal. However, we find that only three of them merit our discussion.

Defendant first alleges that the trial judge erred by allowing the prosecutor to use a prior manslaughter conviction to impeach her. Before trial, defendant filed a motion to bar any reference to her prior conviction at trial. Opposing the motion, the prosecutor argued that the fact that the prior…