PEOPLE v. RIOS

Docket Nos. 8,081, 8,569.

27 Mich. App. 54 (1970)

183 N.W.2d 321

PEOPLE v. RIOS PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Leave to appeal granted December 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Department, and Robert A. Reuther, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Tarnow (Defenders' Office — Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit), for defendants on appeal.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and O'HARA, JJ.


R.B. BURNS, J.

On September 14, 1956, defendants allegedly sold marijuana to two members of the Detroit Police Department. They were arrested on October 5, 1956, and tried the following month. They were found guilty by a jury and each was sentenced to 20 to 30 years imprisonment.

Both defendants raise four like grounds for appeal, and Contreras raises two additional grounds.

Both defendants claim the State failed to prove that they did not have a license...

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