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PEOPLE v. COMPTON

Docket No. 6,451.

23 Mich. App. 42 (1970)

178 N.W.2d 133

PEOPLE v. COMPTON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 27, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, and William B. McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Koscinski, for defendant on appeal.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and QUINN and V.J. BRENNAN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant and his brother, Chester Compton, were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of breaking and entering a gun shop with intent to commit larceny. MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.305). The breaking and entering occurred around 1 a.m., March 4, 1968. Both Comptons were arrested at the scene, Chester inside the gun shop, Kearney outside in a parked automobile.

At trial, the manager of the shop testified that the Comptons...

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