People v. Hicks

Defendant was charged, along with a codefendant, with felony-murder, contrary to MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548. He pled guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, before the Wayne County Circuit Court. Sentenced to imprisonment for 10 to 30 years, defendant now appeals as of right under GCR 1963, 806.1.

Defendant contends the plea-taking court did not take adequate measures to insure the voluntariness of his plea in that the court did not apprise him of the elements of the offense charged, felony-murder, or of the offense to which he was pleading, second-degree murder.…