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PEOPLE v. BROWN

Docket No. 60508, (Calendar No. 6).

406 Mich. 215 (1979)

277 N.W.2d 155

PEOPLE v. BROWN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Andrea L. Solak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Domnick J. Sorise and Janet Tooley) for defendant.

FITZGERALD, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of carrying a dangerous weapon, namely, a machete, in a motor vehicle contrary to MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424. The sole issue on appeal is whether MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424 proscribes the carrying of all pointed tools, utensils, or objects. We answer this question in the negative and vacate defendant's conviction.

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On August 10, 1975, defendant was stopped by two police officers for running a red light in...

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