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People v. Ungurean

Michigan Court of Appeals
Jan 25, 1972
38 Mich. App. 196 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)

Opinion

Docket No. 11116.

Decided January 25, 1972.

Appeal from Calhoun, Creighton R. Coleman, J. Submitted Division 3 December 9, 1971, at Lansing. (Docket No. 11116.) Decided January 25, 1972.

Florian Ungurean was convicted, on his plea of guilty, of escape from jail through the use of violence. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Noel G. Petersen, Acting Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Brundage Kingsley, for defendant on appeal.

Before: McGREGOR, P.J., and BRONSON and TARGONSKI, JJ.

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


Defendant was convicted in Calhoun County Circuit Court on his plea of guilty to the charge of escape from jail through the use of violence. MCLA § 750.197c (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 28.394[3]). His motion to withdraw his guilty plea and for a new trial was denied by the circuit court. Defendant appeals of right.

Defendant argues that the circuit court judge failed to properly inquire into the circumstances of the plea pursuant to GCR 1963, 785.3 and MCLA § 768.35 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.1058). Defendant also contends that the circuit judge erred in not informing him that he could be subject to prosecution under the recidivist statutes.

The withdrawal of a guilty plea after conviction is within the trial judge's discretion. People v. Vasquez (1942), 303 Mich. 340. In accepting a guilty plea, a trial judge may consider the preliminary examination transcript in determining a factual basis for the plea. People v. Bartlett (1969), 17 Mich. App. 205. Our examination of the arraignment and preliminary hearing convinces us that a sufficient factual basis for the plea existed. Defendant's second contention is also without merit. A trial judge has no duty to inform an accused of possible ancillary consequences of his guilty plea. People v. Dunn (1968), 380 Mich. 693.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Ungurean

Michigan Court of Appeals
Jan 25, 1972
38 Mich. App. 196 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
Case details for

People v. Ungurean

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. UNGUREAN

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 25, 1972

Citations

38 Mich. App. 196 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972)
196 N.W.2d 28