Court Opinion

ID: 9710961
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:21:27.887006+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:01.412361
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T. M. Burns, J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. It is my judgment that there was insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation to justify submission of the first-degree murder charge to the jury. Denial of the motion for a directed verdict on the first-degree murder charge was reversible error as defendant may very well have suffered the prejudice of a diminished chance of acquittal on a lesser offense. See People v Hoffmeister, 394 Mich 155; 229 NW2d 305 (1975), People v Vail, 393 Mich 460; 227 NW2d 535 (1975).