PEOPLE v. BROWNRIDGE

Docket No. 110570, Calendar No. 12.

591 N.W.2d 26 (1999)

459 Mich. 456

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Glen Dale BROWNRIDGE, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Douglas K. Fisher, Prosecuting Attorney, Jeffrey C. Middleton, Prosecuting Attorney, and Douglas K. Fisher, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Centreville, for the people.

Bellanca, Beattie & Delisle, P.C. (by Frank D. Eaman), Harper Woods, for the defendant-appellee.

Elwood Brown, President, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Detroit, amicus curie for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.


OPINION

WEAVER, C.J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit arson1 and arson of a dwelling.2 He was sentenced to eleven months' imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution. However, the Court of Appeals reversed and ordered a new trial, finding that the defendant was improperly precluded from attacking the credibility of the officer in charge of the case. We affirm in part and...

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