People v. Allen, No. 54341
| Court | Supreme Court of Michigan |
| Writing for the Court | Before the Entire Bench except LEVIN; PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 390 Mich. 383,212 N.W.2d 21 |
| Decision Date | 21 November 1973 |
| Docket Number | No. 54341 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome Wesley ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant. 390 Mich. 383, 212 N.W.2d 21 |
Page 21
v.
Jerome Wesley ALLEN, Defendant-Appellant.
[390 MICH 385]
Page 22
William L. Cahalan, Pros. Atty., Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief Appellate Department, Thomas M. Khalil, Asst. Pros. Atty., Detroit, for plaintiff-appellee.State Appellate Defender Office, by Dennis H. Benson, Asst. Defender, Detroit, Marshall Redman, Asst. Atty., for defendant-appellant.
Before the Entire Bench except LEVIN, J.
PER CURIAM.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the corpus delicti of felony murder M.C.L.A. § 750.316; M.S.A. § 28.548 may be established without evidence independent of the accused person's confession of the essential element that distinguishes the offense of first degree murder from second degree murder.
For the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion of Judge (now Justice) Levin in the Court of Appeals, 39 Mich.App. 483, 494, 197 N.W.2d 874 (1972), we hold it may not.
[390 MICH 386] We adopt the opinion of Justice Levin as the opinion of this Court.
Reversed, the judgment of conviction is modified to reduce the offense of which the defendant stands convicted to murder in the second degree and the defendant is remanded for resentencing on second degree murder.
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