People v. Modelski

Defendant was charged with the first-degree murder of his wife, Jeanne Modelski. Following a lengthy jury trial, defendant was convicted of manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, and was sentenced to ten to fifteen years’ imprisonment. He now appeals as of right, raising two issues: (1) that in admitting defendant’s confession the trial judge erred in ruling that the prosecutor had established the corpus delicti of homicide; and (2) that the prosecutor’s closing argument was so prejudicial as to deny defendant a fair trial. Finding no merit to either argument, we affirm defendant’s conviction.