People v. Hurse

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to larceny from a building and was sentenced to prison. She was represented by counsel when she entered her plea and at sentencing. At the time of the plea, the trial judge gave an extensive recitation of defendant’s rights but did not advise defendant that if she were indigent she would have the right to appointed counsel at trial. Defendant claims this was error. We disagree.

This issue was addressed by the Court in People v Kendricks, 41 Mich App 146; 199 NW2d 650 (1972), where the Court, relying on the then GCR 1963, 785.3(1) said:

"In the absence of any…