People v. Fullwood

A jury convicted Charles Martin Fullwood of first-degree murder. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548. He appeals as of right.

Police discovered Joyce Ann Tuggle’s fatally wounded, partially burned body, on April 29, 1971, in a secluded location in Edward Hines Park, after receiving an informant’s tip. Earlier that day she had been reported missing from a bar where she was employed as the day-shift barmaid. Her em ployer had observed her reading newspaper want ads before he left that morning. A delivery man last saw the victim alive, working alone, about 11:30 a.m. He also noticed a red station wagon…