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PEOPLE v. TONEFF

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny. MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1971 Cum Supp § 28.305). Defendant appeals and asserts that reversible error resulted from (1) the failure of the prosecutor to indorse on the information and call two accomplices and (2) the trial court's admission of a statement made by defendant to the police.

Although the prosecutor is under a general obligation to indorse and call as witnesses all noncumulative res gestae witnesses, this duty does not extend to the calling of accomplices. People v. Virgil Brown (1969), 15 Mich. App. 600; People v. Chaney (1970), 21 Mich. App. 120; People v. Leroy Morgan (1970), 24 Mich. App. 660; People v. Alonzo Sanders (1970), 28 Mich. App. 510; People v. Moore (1971), 29 Mich. App. 597. No error resulted from the failure of the prosecutor to indorse and call the two accomplices.

At trial defendant asserted that the statement given by him to the police was induced by a promise of leniency. A Walker hearing was held. The trial court found that the statement was freely and voluntarily given and was not induced either by threats or promises. A determination of voluntariness by the trial court following a Walker hearing will not be overruled by this Court unless clearly erroneous. People v. Hummel (1969), 19 Mich. App. 266; People v. Stewart (1970), 25 Mich. App. 204; People v. Werner (1970), 26 Mich. App. 109; People v. Kelly (1971), 30 Mich. App. 154. A review of the record fails to substantiate any claim that the trial court's determination was clearly erroneous. The statement was, therefore, properly admitted into evidence.

People v. Walker (on rehearing, 1965), 374 Mich. 331.

Affirmed.

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PEOPLE v. TONEFF
(Nov 26, 1971)