Court Opinion

ID: 9741810
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:02:26.89823+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:58:42.603778
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M. F. Cavanagh, P.J.
(dissenting). I must disagree with the majority disposition of this guilty plea. A reading of People v Schneff, 392 Mich 15, 25-26; 219 NW2d 47, 52-53 (1974), MCL 768.35; MSA 28.1058, and GCR 1963, 785.7(3), persuades me that the factual basis in any guilty plea, mentally ill or not, must come from the defendant. If the defendant himself cannot provide it, the only other basis for conviction recognized by our system is a full adversarial trial. Schneff, supra. For the reasons expressed in my opinion in People v Long, 86 Mich App 676; 273 NW2d 519 (1978), I would order this plea vacated and remand the matter for trial.