PEOPLE v. VAUGHN

Docket No. 63958.

409 Mich. 463 (1980)

295 N.W.2d 354

PEOPLE v. VAUGHN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 28, 1980.


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.

Norman R. Robiner for defendant.


PER CURIAM:

In this case we are asked to consider whether inconsistent verdicts, one of which is an acquittal, require reversal of the conviction. We hold that they do not.

As the complainant was standing on the street trying to hail a taxicab, defendant allegedly approached her, grabbed her arm and pointed a gun at her stomach. The complainant professed some knowledge of guns and identified the one in question as a revolver.

Defendant testified that...

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