Case Name: PEOPLE v. BRYANT
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1971-07-29
Citations: 35 Mich. App. 378
Docket Number: Docket No. 10071
Parties: PEOPLE v. BRYANT
Judges: Before: Lesinski, C. J., and J. H. Gillis and Levin, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 35
Pages: 378–379

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. BRYANT
Criminal Law — Sentencing—Hearsay Statement — Waiver.
Trial judge’s reading, at defendant’s sentencing proceeding, a statement by a witness not present at the trial was not error where defense counsel made a specific waiver of the statement.
Reference for Points in Headnote
53 Am Jur, Trial §§ 76, 143.
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Joseph E. Maher, J.
Submitted Division 1 June 1, 1971, at Detroit.
(Docket No. 10071.)
Decided July 29, 1971.
Savoy Bryant was convicted of manslaughter. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cabalan, Prosecuting* Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Luvewia D. Dockett, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
M. Jobn Sbamo, for defendant on appeal.
Before: Lesinski, C. J., and J. H. Gillis and Levin, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant was charged with manslaughter and following a jury trial was convicted of that crime. MCLA § 750.321 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev §28.553). He was sentenced to a term of 4 to 15 years in prison.
On appeal the defendant argues that error occurred at his sentencing when the judge read a statement by a witness not present at the trial. The defendant also claims that immaterial testimony was admitted at his trial.
These issues are frivolous. Defense counsel made a specific waiver of the statement that the judge read at the sentencing. The record does not support defendant's allegation that immaterial testimony was admitted. The questions sought to be reviewed are so unsubstantial as to require no argument or formal submission.
Motion to affirm is granted.