Case Name: PEOPLE v. COUNTS
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1971-04-02
Citations: 32 Mich. App. 331
Docket Number: Docket No. 9900
Parties: PEOPLE v. COUNTS
Judges: Before: R. B. Burns, P. J., and Holbrook and T. M. Burns, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 32
Pages: 331–332

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. COUNTS
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Henry Heading, J.
Submitted Division 1 February 16, 1971, at Grand Rapids.
(Docket No. 9900.)
Decided April 2, 1971.
Gregory Counts was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of unarmed robbery. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Michael R. Mueller, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney; for the people.
Stuart L. Young, for defendant on appeal.
Before: R. B. Burns, P. J., and Holbrook and T. M. Burns, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant appeals a plea-based conviction on a charge of unarmed robbery. The people move to affirm.
Defendant first claims that his plea was the result of undue influence, compulsion, or duress. This claim is contradicted by the transcript of the guilty plea proceedings.
The defendant further claims that his conviction was invalid because the trial judge prior to the acceptance of his guilty plea did not advise him of the nature of the accusation against him. The record reveals that defendant was in fact fully aware of the nature of the accusation. People v. Stewart (1968), 10 Mich App 553.
The voluntariness of a plea of guilty may not be questioned for the first time on appeal. People v. Taylor (1970), 383 Mich 338.
Affirmed.