Opinion
Docket No. 25045.
Decided September 27, 1976. Rehearing granted November 17, 1976. Amended opinion on rehearing filed November 23, 1976.
Appeal from Detroit Recorder's Court, Joseph A. Gillis, J. Submitted June 1, 1976, at Detroit. (Docket No. 25045.) Decided September 27, 1976. Rehearing granted November 17, 1976. Amended opinion on rehearing filed November 23, 1976.
Charles Sams was convicted of unarmed robbery. Defendant appealed. Reversed, 71 Mich. App. 337. Application for rehearing granted. On rehearing the trial court is affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, and Timothy A. Baughman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Bolden Blake, P.C., for defendant.
Amended Opinion On Rehearing
A jury convicted defendant of robbery not armed, MCLA 750.530; MSA 28.798. He was sentenced and he appeals of right on the basis of two alleged reversible errors:
1. It was reversible error to permit the prosecuting attorney to read defendant's prior written and signed statement to the jury before laying a foundation for admissibility as impeaching evidence.
2. It was reversible error to deny defendant's request to excuse the jury for argument on the admissibility of defendant's prior statement.
People v Dozier, 22 Mich. App. 528; 177 N.W.2d 694 (1970), is not controlling; that case involved an oral statement. We find Lightfoot v People, 16 Mich. 507 (1868), controlling, and while it was error for the prosecuting attorney to cross-examine defendant regarding the contents of the statement before its introduction in evidence, it was not reversible error. The statement was introduced in evidence; defendant acknowledged that it contained his signature; and he was permitted to read the statement and explain the discrepancies. Defendant has shown no prejudice to him, nor is a miscarriage of justice apparent, MCLA 769.26; MSA 28.1096.
Since we have found no reversible error on the first claim of error, there is no reversible error on the second claim of error, People v Behm, 45 Mich. App. 614; 207 N.W.2d 200 (1973).
Affirmed.