PEOPLE v. PORTERFIELD

Docket No. 95227.

166 Mich. App. 562 (1988)

420 N.W.2d 853

PEOPLE v. PORTERFIELD

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 17, 1988.


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 Paul J. Fischer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Cooper, Shifman, Gabe, Quinn & Seymour (by Philip H. Seymour), for defendant.

Before: D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and R.L. TAHVONEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of child torture, MCL 750.136a; MSA 28.331(1). Defendant was sentenced to from three to ten years' imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant first claims that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the crime. In reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence question following a bench trial, this Court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution and determine whether a...

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