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People v. Darden

Michigan Court of Appeals
Jan 26, 1972
38 Mich. App. 203 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)

Opinion

Docket No. 11510.

Decided January 26, 1972.

Appeal from Recorder's Court of Detroit, George W. Crockett, Jr., J. Submitted Division 1 December 9, 1971, at Detroit. (Docket No. 11510.) Decided January 26, 1972.

Edward Lee Darden was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of attempted breaking and entering. 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 Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Lawrence W. Rattner, for defendant on appeal.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and LEVIN and O'HARA, JJ.

Former Supreme Court Justice, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment pursuant to Const 1963, art 6, § 23 as amended in 1968.


Defendant Edward Lee Darden was convicted upon his plea of guilty of attempted breaking and entering, MCLA 750.110; MSA 28.305.

On appeal defendant urges that the trial court committed error in accepting his guilty plea when it failed to apprise him of the possible effect that his plea of guilty might have upon a subsequent sentencing in a previously-tried case in which he was found guilty on another charge before another judge. Defendant hypothesizes that he might have received a lesser sentence on the other charge if he had refrained from pleading guilty in this cause until sentencing had taken place on his prior conviction.

The trial court advised the defendant of the consequence of his plea and complied with GCR 1963, 785.3 when it informed the defendant that he faced a possible prison sentence of up to five years if he pled guilty to attempted breaking and entering. The court had no duty to apprise defendant of the complained-of collateral consequences of his plea. A trial judge is not required to engage in speculation as to the hypothetical effects of a plea of guilty on a later sentencing proceeding in another matter.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Darden

Michigan Court of Appeals
Jan 26, 1972
38 Mich. App. 203 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
Case details for

People v. Darden

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. DARDEN

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 26, 1972

Citations

38 Mich. App. 203 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
196 N.W.2d 1