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PEOPLE v. PAUL

Docket No. 55179, (Calendar No. 4).

395 Mich. 444 (1975)

236 N.W.2d 486

PEOPLE v. PAUL

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training & Appeals, and Gerard A. Poehlman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Gillis & LaRose for defendant.

Decided December 18, 1975. Rehearing denied 395 Mich. 923.

T.G. KAVANAGH, C.J.

David Paul and Randall Dirette were jointly tried for felony murder arising out of an alleged robbery. MCLA 750.316; MSA 28.548.

The victim "Sweet James" Combs was killed by a shotgun blast from a gun being held by Paul in a dope house.

Paul's defense was that he did not have any intent to rob and that the gun discharged accidentally.

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