PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

Docket No. 9079.

37 Mich. App. 490 (1972)

195 N.W.2d 35

PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Kuebler, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Shaker Brackett, for defendant on appeal.

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


DANHOF, P.J.

The defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of illegal possession of narcotics in violation of MCLA 335.153; MSA 18.1123. He now appeals. We reverse because the people failed to prove that the defendant did not have a license to possess narcotics.

This case is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in People v Rios, 386 Mich. 172 (1971)....

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