PEOPLE v. KNOPEK

Docket No. 8573.

31 Mich. App. 129 (1971)

187 N.W.2d 477

PEOPLE v. KNOPEK

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and John P. Spires, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Morrice & Lengemann, for defendant on appeal.

Before: QUINN, P.J., and BRONSON and O'HARA, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of uttering and publishing a check with intention to defraud and was convicted pursuant to MCLA § 750.249 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.446).

Subsequently, he filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that the plea was induced by a prior confession allegedly obtained by illegal means, and since the confession had been coerced, the plea was necessarily involuntary.

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