Case Name: People v. Pettengill
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1972-05-04
Citations: 40 Mich. App. 474
Docket Number: Docket No. 11921
Parties: People v Pettengill.
Judges: Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Bronson and Targonski, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 40
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
People v Pettengill.
Appeal from Genesee, Elza H. Papp, J.
Submitted Division 2 March 7, 1972, at Lansing.
(Docket No. 11921.)
Decided May 4, 1972.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Donald A. Kuebler, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joel B. Saxe and John T. Spurgis, Assistants Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Arthur J. Tarnow, State Appellate Defender, and James R. Neuhard, Assistant Defender, for defendant on appeal.
Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Bronson and Targonski, JJ.

Opinion:
Memorandum Opinion. Defendant was convicted in the Genesee County Circuit Court on a plea of guilty of unlawfully using a motor vehicle without authority contrary to MCLA 750.413; MSA 28.645. This appeal is taken of right.
The record of defendant's guilty plea is silent as to whether he was advised of his right to confront the witnesses against him. Failure to advise the defendant of this right on the record prior to accepting a plea of guilty makes the plea invalid. People v Jaworski, 387 Mich 21 (1972).
Reversed and remanded.