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PEOPLE v. BUTLER

Docket No. 62895, (Calendar No. 10).

413 Mich. 377 (1982)

319 N.W.2d 540

PEOPLE v. BUTLER

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 27, 1982.

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 Timothy C. Scallen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Kim Robert Fawcett, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for the defendant.

LEVIN, J.

Belton Butler was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon.1 The people's evidence tended to show that he was riding in an automobile in which a revolver was found. The judge, in instructing the jury, stated the pertinent language of the statute making it an offense to "carry a pistol whether concealed or otherwise, in a vehicle operated or occupied by" the defendant. He said that the elements of the offense were that there was...

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