People v. Grace

Defendant was convicted by jury of assault with intent to rape. MCLA 750.85; MSA 28.280. He was sentenced to prison for a term from five to ten years and appeals as of right.

Several issues are raised on appeal, but a review of the record and the briefs discloses no reversible error.

Defendant first contends that the trial court’s deviation from GCR 1963, 507.6, which prescribes the procedure for closing argument, was per se reversible error. The prosecutor began with a perfunctorily short closing argument, followed by the defense’s reply. In his rebuttal argument, the prosecutor proceeded to…