People v. Brannon

Defendant appeals as of right his judgment of sentence of April 19, 1989. A jury convicted defendant of one count of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316; MSA 28.548, and he received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. We affirm.

The victim in this case was found dead in her. home on October 8, 1987. The cause of death was established as multiple stab wounds to the chest area. The front screen door had a cut in it, apparently made by a knife. Inside the victim’s home, the contents of her purse were strewn about the area where it was believed a struggle…