PEOPLE v. SAMUELSON

Docket No. 28621.

75 Mich. App. 228 (1977)

254 N.W.2d 849

PEOPLE v. SAMUELSON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, Donald A. Kuebler, Chief, Appellate Division, and Edwin R. Brown, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Joseph E. Baessler, for defendant on appeal.

Before: D.F. WALSH, P.J., and ALLEN and N.J. KAUFMAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, charged with rape, MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788, was tried by jury in September, 1975, and found guilty as charged. The defense at trial was insanity. Sentenced to a term of 35 to 55 years in prison, he appeals of right asserting as his main ground of error the trial court's sua sponte instruction over objection by counsel as to a defendant's disposition following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

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