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PEOPLE v. LANEY

Docket No. 124532.

680 N.W.2d 888 (2004)

470 Mich. 267

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. General A. LANEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

June 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Michael E. Duggan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Detroit, MI, for the people.

Chokwe Lumumba, Jackson, MS, for the defendant.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, a federally licensed gun dealer, sold a pistol to an undercover sheriff's deputy licensed to purchase the firearm, under circumstances strongly indicating that the deputy was purchasing the firearm on behalf of an underage, unlicensed individual. As a result, the prosecutor charged defendant with violating MCL 750.223(1), a misdemeanor. That statute proscribes selling a pistol without complying with the licensing requirements...

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