People v. Trammell, Docket No. 23654
Decision Date | 22 July 1976 |
Docket Number | Docket No. 23654 |
Citation | 70 Mich.App. 351,247 N.W.2d 311 |
Parties | PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Q. B. TRAMMELL, Defendant-Appellant. |
Court | Court of Appeal of Michigan — District of US |
David Harris, Detroit, for defendant-appellant.
Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., William L. Cahalan, Pros. Atty., Patricia J. Boyle, App. Chief Asst. Pros. Atty., Don W. Atkins, Asst. Pros. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before V. J. BRENNAN, P.J., and KAUFMAN and CAMPBELL, * JJ.
Defendant Q. B. Trammell was tried by a jury in Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit, Judge Joseph E. Maher presiding. The defendant was charged with murder in the first degree, contrary to M.C.L.A. § 750.316; M.S.A. § 28.548. On January 17, 1975, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged.
On the evening of October 26, 1969, defendant went to the residence of his girlfriend, Minnie Jean King, at 2926 Bewick in the City of Detroit. The defendant testified that upon his arrival, he met Miss King and they then proceeded to her upstairs flat. He further testified that he was confronted by Sonny Tilton, Miss King's eldest son, when he reached the upstairs flat.
Claiming that an argument arose between him and Sonny Tilton, defendant testified that Mr. Tilton attacked him with a gun. The defendant stated that during the ensuing struggle the gun was fired repeatedly, though later denied having any knowledge that anyone had been wounded as a result of the incident. Miss King was struck and fatally wounded.
An autopsy performed on the body of the deceased, Miss King, indicated that five gunshot wounds had been inflicted.
On appeal, defendant claims that his theory of the case was not explained to the jury, even though supported by the evidence. The trial court did instruct on an accident theory. However, defendant asserts that error occurred when the court failed to instruct on self-defense as well. We do not agree.
GCR 1963, 516.7 provides:
(Emphasis added.)
This rule makes the duty imposed on a trial court contingent upon the parties' submission to the court of their theories of the case. Since defendant in the instant case neither requested the trial court to instruct on a self-defense theory of the case nor submitted any statement of his theory, we find that no duty arose on the part of the court to instruct concerning this theory of the case.
Moreover, GCR 1963, 516.2 provides:
Thus, when no objection is raised to alleged errors in jury instructions, the verdict will not be set aside on the basis of those errors unless they have resulted in a miscarriage of justice, People v. Szymarek, 57 Mich.App. 354, 356--357, 225 N.W.2d 765 (1975); People v. Wheat, 55 Mich.App. 559, 563, 223 N.W.2d 73 (1974).
Further, instructional error will not occasion a miscarriage of justice unless the incorrect instruction pertains to a basic and controlling issue in the case. People v. Neumann, 35 Mich.App. 193, 196, 192 N.W.2d 345 (1971).
M.C.L.A. § 768.29; M.S.A. § 28.1052 provides:
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