Case Name: PEOPLE v. WATKINS
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1971-02-26
Citations: 31 Mich. App. 288
Docket Number: Docket No. 9867
Parties: PEOPLE v. WATKINS
Judges: Before: R. B. Burns, P. J., and J. H. Gillis and Danhof, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 31
Pages: 288–289

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. WATKINS
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Vincent J. Brennan, J.
Submitted Division 1 January 8, 1971, at Detroit.
(Docket No. 9867.)
Decided February 26, 1971.
James Watkins was convicted, on Ms plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frcmk J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cabalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, CMef, Appellate Department, and Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
M. Arthur Arduin and Kenneth A. Webb, for defendant on appeal.
Before: R. B. Burns, P. J., and J. H. Gillis and Danhof, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant pled guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. MCLA § 750.317 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.549). He now appeals contending that the trial court did not inform him of the nature of the crime and that the record does not show that he had the intent to kill.
The record shows that the trial court explained the nature of the offense and that the defendant admitted that he intended to kill his victim. Therefore, a detailed discussion of the issues raised is unnecessary.
Affirmed.