Court Opinion

ID: 9572918
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:45:45.281508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:34:38.772571
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T. M. Burns, P. J.
(dissenting). In accordance with my opinion in People v Cochrane, 40 Mich App 316; 198 NW2d 417 (1972), I would reverse and remand for an order allowing withdrawal of the plea and a new trial.
Our Supreme Court has recently reaffirmed its position that motions to withdraw should be granted where the request is not obviously frivolous. People v Lewandowski, 394 Mich 529; 232 NW2d 173 (1975).
I believe that the clear intention of the Supreme Court as expressed in Lewandowski, supra, is that in cases such as the one at bar, the cause should be remanded for trial, not for a hearing on the question of the voluntariness of defendant’s plea.