People v. CLAUDE SMITH

Michigan Court of Appeals
People v. CLAUDE SMITH, 189 N.W.2d 833 (1971)
33 Mich. App. 336; 1971 Mich. App. LEXIS 1763
Holbrook, Fitzgerald, Burns

People v. CLAUDE SMITH

Opinion

Per Curiam.

Defendant was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of manslaughter and was sentenced to a 7-1/2 to 15 year prison term pursuant to the *337 provisions of MCLA § 750.321 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.553). The people have moved to affirm the conviction. GCR 1963, 817.5(3).

The single issue on appeal is that the trial court erred in allowing defendant’s plea of guilty to stand where defendant told the court, after the plea of guilty was accepted hut before sentencing, that he did not know that his codefendant, who actually shot decedent, was armed and, therefore, that he could not he guilty of any felonious homicide because the shooting was beyond the scope of the agreement of the two men to commit a robbery only. It is manifest that the question presented, on which decision of the cause depends, is so unsubstantial as to need no argument or formal submission. Where two or more persons combine to commit a felony and a murder is committed in furtherance or in the prosecution of that felony, all parties to the agreement to commit the felony are liable for the murder even though a homicide was not planned. People v. Koharski (1913), 177 Mich 194; People v. Belton (1910), 160 Mich 416.

Motion to affirm is granted.

Reference

Full Case Name
People v. Claude Smith
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published