Court Opinion

ID: 9535849
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 06:45:30.888133+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:33:21.888057
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*781Bashara, J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. The majority concedes that the facts show the gun was pointed in the direction of defendant’s husband when it was discharged.
In adducing facts necessary to validate a guilty plea, it is not necessary that defendant be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The Supreme Court clearly enunciated the requirements in Guilty Plea Cases, 395 Mich 96, 130; 235 NW2d 132 (1975), wherein it was stated:
"A factual basis for acceptance of a plea exists if an inculpatory inference can reasonably be drawn by a jury from the facts admitted by the defendant even if an exculpatory inference could also be drawn and defendant asserts the latter is the correct inference.”
The majority infers that a crucial element in the matter is the reaction of defendant’s husband to the shot. That appeared to be an important consideration in People v Victor (Guilty Plea Cases), supra, 131. However, in that case, the gun was fired into the air, not pointed directly at the possible victim.
Based on the foregoing, I would affirm defendant’s plea-based conviction.