Case Name: PEOPLE v. UNGUREAN
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1972-01-25
Citations: 38 Mich. App. 196
Docket Number: Docket No. 11116
Parties: PEOPLE v UNGUREAN
Judges: Before: McGregor, P. J., and Bronson and Targonski, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 38
Pages: 196–197

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v UNGUREAN
1. Criminal Law — Plea op Guilty — Withdrawing Plea.
Allowing the withdrawal of a defendant’s guilty plea after conviction is within the trial judge’s discretion.
2. Criminal Law — Plea of Guilty — Factual Basis — Preliminary Examination — Transcript.
A trial judge may consider the preliminary examination transcript in determining a factual basis for the acceptance of a defendant’s plea of guilty.
3. Criminal Law — Plea of Guilty — Ancillary Consequences.
A trial judge has no duty to inform an accused of possible ancillary consequences of his guilty plea.
4. Criminal Law — Plea of Guilty — Ancillary Consequences— Recidivist Prosecution.
Failing to inform a defendant, who pled guilty to escape from jail through the use of violence, that he could be subject to prosecution under the recidivist statutes was not error.
References for Points in Headnotes
[1] 21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law § § 503, 504.
[2-4] 21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law §§ 487, 492-495.
Appeal from Calhoun, Creighton R. Coleman, J.
Submitted Division 3 December 9, 1971, at Lansing.
(Docket No. 11116.)
Decided January 25, 1972.
Florian Ungurean was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of escape from jail through the use of violence. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Noel G. Petersen, Acting Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Brundage & Kingsley, for defendant on appeal.
Before: McGregor, P. J., and Bronson and Targonski, JJ.
Former circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment pursuant to Const 1963, art 6, § 23 as amended in 3968.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant was convicted in Calhoun County Circuit Court on his plea of guilty to the charge of escape from jail through the use of violence. MCLA § 750.197c (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 28.394 [3]). His motion to withdraw his guilty plea and for a new trial was denied by the circuit court. Defendant appeals of right.
Defendant argues that the circuit court judge failed to properly inquire into the circumstances of the plea pursuant to GCR 1963, 785.3 and MCLA § 768.35 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.1058). Defendant also contends that the circuit judge erred in not informing him that he could be subject to prosecution under the recidivist statutes.
The withdrawal of a guilty plea after conviction is within the trial judge's discretion. People v. Vasquez (1942), 303 Mich 340. In accepting a guilty plea, a trial judge may consider the preliminary examination transcript in determining a factual basis for the plea. People v. Bartlett (1969), 17 Mich App 205. Our examination of the arraignment and preliminary hearing convinces us that a sufficient factual basis for the plea existed. Defendant's second contention is also without merit. A trial judge has no duty to inform an accused of possible ancillary consequences of his guilty plea. People v. Dunn (1968), 380 Mich 693.
Affirmed.