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PEOPLE v. NORRIS

Docket No. 202654.

600 N.W.2d 658 (1999)

236 Mich. App. 411

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Oliver NORRIS, a/k/a Deon Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 25, 1999, at 9:35 a.m.

Released for Publication October 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Arthur A. Busch, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Kuebler, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Chief, Appeals, Research, and Training, for the people.

Laurence R. Imerman, Bingham Farms, for the defendant on appeal.

Before: SAWYER, P.J., and BANDSTRA and R.B. BURNS , JJ.

BANDSTRA, J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether a chemical device containing a tear gas mixture that was sprayed in the faces of employees during a jewelry store robbery can be a "dangerous weapon" within the meaning of the armed robbery statute, M.C.L. § 750.529; MSA 28.797. We conclude that it can.

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This case arises from a jewelry store robbery in which store employees were sprayed with...

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