PEOPLE v. TRABUCCHI

Docket No. 84839.

160 Mich. App. 792 (1987)

408 N.W.2d 563

PEOPLE v. TRABUCCHI

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief, Appellate Division, and Graham K. Crabtree, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Stephen R. Bernstein, for defendant.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and MacKENZIE and J.P. SWALLOW, JJ.


ALLEN, P.J.

In this matter involving the people's appeal by leave granted August 1, 1985, we are asked to determine the constitutionality of the ticket scalping statute, MCL 750.465; MSA 28.720. Both the 52nd District Court, 4th Division, and the Oakland Circuit Court held the statute unconstitutional on grounds that it impermissibly delegates legislative authority to private individuals. We reverse.

The facts are not in dispute. On August 8, 1983, Ronald...

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