PEOPLE v. CYR

Docket Nos. 46025, 46962, 47056, 48199.

113 Mich. App. 213 (1982)

317 N.W.2d 857

PEOPLE v. CYR. PEOPLE v. WITCHER PEOPLE v. NELSON. PEOPLE v. SMITH.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Janice M. Joyce, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Charles A. Haas & Associates, for defendant Cyr.

Jean D. Artman, for defendant Witcher.

Norris J. Thomas, Jr., Assistant State Appellate Defender, for defendant Nelson.

Norman R. Robiner, for defendant Smith.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and BEASLEY and P.E. DEEGAN, JJ.


BEASLEY, J.

This consolidated appeal involves four defendants who were jointly tried on charges of conspiracy to violate the state's dog-fighting statute, MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1) and MCL 750.49; MSA 28.244. Four other people, who were tried jointly with these defendants, are not involved in this appeal.

Defendants Richard Cyr, Ezell Witcher and Frank Smith were tried and found guilty by a jury. Defendant Warner Nelson was tried and found guilty in a bench...

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