PEOPLE v. BUCHANAN

Docket No. 49825.

107 Mich. App. 648 (1981)

309 N.W.2d 691

PEOPLE v. BUCHANAN.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Gerald D. Warner, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

William C. Marietti, for defendant on appeal.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and BASHARA, JJ.


MacKENZIE, P.J.

On December 4, 1979, defendant was convicted at a bench trial of uttering and publishing a forged instrument, MCL 750.249; MSA 28.446. He was sentenced to a term of 4 to 14 years imprisonment and appeals as of right.

Defendant is correct in his assertion that the trial court erred in applying the "scintilla" or "any evidence" test to defendant's motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. The...

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