PEOPLE v. YANNA

Docket Nos. 304293, 306144.

824 N.W.2d 241 (2012)

297 Mich. App. 137

PEOPLE v. YANNA. People v. Collie.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 26, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Kurt C. Asbury , Prosecuting Attorney, and Sylvia L. Linton , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Yanna.

Bay County Department of Public Defender, Bay City (by Kenneth M. Malkin ), for Dean Scott Yanna.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Tony Tague , Prosecuting Attorney, and Charles F. Justian , Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people in Collie.

Ladas & Hoopes Law Offices PLC, North Muskegon (by Paul M. Ladas ), for John Collie.

The Smith Appellate Law Firm (by Michael F. Smith ) and Eugene Volokh, for Amicus Curiae Arming Women Against Rape & Endangerment in Yanna.

Pence & Numinen, P.C. (by Karl P. Numinen and Melanie J. Rohr , Marquette), for Amicus Curiae the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan in Yanna.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and WILDER and SHAPIRO, JJ.


SHAPIRO, J.

In Docket No. 304293, the prosecution appealed the Bay Circuit Court's decision holding unconstitutional MCL 750.224a, which prohibits possession of Tasers and stun guns by private individuals.1 In Docket No. 306144, we granted the defendant's application for leave to appeal the Muskegon Circuit Court's order holding the same statute constitutional. Given the identical questions posed by these cases, we have consolidated them...

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