PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. 65008.

134 Mich. App. 371 (1984)

350 N.W.2d 885

PEOPLE v. JONES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Rosemary A. Gordon, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Thaddeus K. Dean, for defendant on appeal.

Before: SHEPHERD, P.J., and R.M. MAHER and M. WARSHAWSKY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted at a nonjury trial of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797. He was sentenced to from 5 to 15 years imprisonment and he appeals as of right.

The complainant described the knife used by defendant in the robbery as "a very cheap steak knife with a serrated edge". Over defense counsel's objection, the prosecutor was permitted to place into evidence a knife which had been confiscated from defendant. This knife was described...

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