PEOPLE v. HOAG

Docket No. 111933, Calendar No. 2.

594 N.W.2d 57 (1999)

460 Mich. 1

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark Zachary HOAG, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Karen M. Woodside, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Detroit, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Desiree M. Ferguson), Detroit, for the defendant-appellee.


Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to determine whether defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel. Defendant was convicted of entry without breaking. MCL 750.111; MSA 28.306. Because of an erroneous title search, defendant's trial counsel failed to determine that the complaining witness was not the true owner of the building that defendant entered. The...

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