Michigan Supreme Court March 19, 1962, Docket 94, Calendar 49,053 (People v. Kangas)

Navanagh, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury in the Wexford county circuit court of a charge of manslaughter. Motion for new trial was denied, and application for leave to appeal was granted by this Court.

Defendant was originally charged with second-degree murder. A motion to dismiss the murder charge was made, and, at the conclusion of the people’s proofs, the trial judge granted the motion.