PEOPLE v. HERRON

Docket No. 22184.

68 Mich. App. 381 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 584

PEOPLE v. HERRON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Lawrence P. McKaig, Prosecuting Attorney (Prosecuting Attorneys Appellate Service, Thomas C. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the people.

O'Connor, McNamara & O'Keeffe, for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and ALLEN, JJ.


ALLEN, J.

A jury convicted defendant, a prison inmate, of unauthorized possession of an implement by a convict which may be used to injure another. MCLA 800.283; MSA 28.1623. He appeals raising three assignments of error, one of which merits discussion.

Defendant asserts he was convicted under an unconstitutionally vague law. The people unsurprisingly maintain a contrary view. That part of the statute under attack reads:

"A convict without authorization...

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