Case ID: mich-app_13/html/0628-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

PEOPLE v. LEWIS.
    Criminal Law — Dub Process — Eight to Jury Trial — Eight to Counsel — Advice of Eights.
    Failure at the time of accepting defendant’s plea of guilty to advise him of his rights to jury trial and to be provided with counsel if he could not afford to hire his own was not a denial of defendant’s constitutional rights where the trial judge did fully advise the defendant of these rights at his arraignment several weeks before (GCE 1963, 785.3).
    Reference for Points in Headnote
    21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law § 486 et seq.
    
    Court’s duty to advise or admonish accused as to consequences of plea of guilty, or to determine that he is advised thereof. 97 ALE 2d 549.
    Appeal from Kent, Hoffius (Stuart), J.
    Submitted Division 3 October 8, 1968, at Grand Rapids.
    (Docket No. 4,560.)
    Decided October 22, 1968.
    Herman J. Lewis was convicted on plea of guilty of illegal possession of narcotic drugs. Defendant appeals.
    Affirmed.
    
      Franlc J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoslci, Solicitor General, James K. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and 8. J. Venema, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
    
      James Flaggert, for defendant on appeal.
   Per Curiam.

This appeal challenges defendant’s conviction entered on his plea of guilty of the crime of illegal possession I of narcotic drugs, CLS 1961, § 335.153 (Stat Ann 1957 Bev §18.1123). The allegation on appeal is that the requirements of GrCB 1963, 785.3, were not complied with in that the trial judge did not inform the defendant of the right to have counsel appointed for him and have a jury trial so as to render this a valid plea of guilty.

A reading of the transcript of the arraignment proceedings, which took place on June 9, 1967, reveals that the trial judge clearly informed the defendant of his right to a jury trial and to have counsel appointed. The fact that the trial judge at the time of the taking of the plea, which was on July 26, 1967, the date set for trial, did not again apprise the defendant of his rights, in no way constitutes a denial of the defendant’s constitutional rights or a miscarriage of justice.

Affirmed.

Lesinski, C. J., and Fitzgerald and Templen, JJ., concurred.