From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

People v. Davidson

Michigan Court of Appeals
Mar 27, 1970
23 Mich. App. 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)

Opinion

Docket No. 5,221.

Decided March 27, 1970.

Appeal from Recorder's Court of Detroit, Vincent J. Brennan, J. Submitted Division 1 February 5, 1970, at Detroit. (Docket No. 5,221.) Decided March 27, 1970.

Michael Davidson was convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Samuel J. Torina, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Brennan Kurtz, for defendant on appeal.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and BRONSON, JJ.


Defendant, Michael Davidson, appeals his nonjury conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny.

MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1968 Cum Supp § 28.305).

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in considering his juvenile record in imposing sentence. This precise issue has been considered by this Court in People v. Coleman (1969), 19 Mich. App. 250, where we ruled that the post-conviction examination of juvenile records in imposing sentence is not a use of such records as "evidence" in violation of MCLA § 712A.23 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 27.3178[598.23]). This holding has been reiterated in People v. Charles Williams (1969), 19 Mich. App. 544.

Defendant's second allegation of error objects to the quantum of proof, saying the circumstantial evidence adduced at trial was hazy and inconclusive as to the breaking and entering. We have thoroughly considered the evidence introduced at trial and find that, although it is predominantly circumstantial, it was sufficient to permit the trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Davidson

Michigan Court of Appeals
Mar 27, 1970
23 Mich. App. 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)
Case details for

People v. Davidson

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v. DAVIDSON

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Mar 27, 1970

Citations

23 Mich. App. 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 1970)
178 N.W.2d 85

Citing Cases

People v. Ward

Not the least of these is the juvenile record, use of which has been approved by this Court on numerous…

People v. McFarlin

To do anything but confess error in Coleman and Williams and their progeny, would be to leave this Court's…