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PEOPLE v. POINDEXTER

Docket Nos. 72838, 73311.

138 Mich. App. 322 (1984)

361 N.W.2d 346

PEOPLE v. POINDEXTER PEOPLE v. FORT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Frank J. Bernacki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (in Poindexter), and Jeffrey Caminsky, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (in Fort), for the people.

Robert E. Slameka, for defendant Poindexter.

Rose Mary C. Robinson, for defendant Fort.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and M.J. KELLY and N.J. KAUFMAN, JJ.

N.J. KAUFMAN, J.

Defendants were convicted by jury of extortion, MCL 750.213; MSA 28.410, and were each sentenced to 5 to 20 years imprisonment. Defendant Fort was also convicted of felony-firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Both defendants appeal as of right.

Eric Pasha testified that while at an arcade he overheard defendants discussing a plan to snatch his sister Crystal's purse and jewelry. As defendants...

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