People v. Brown, Docket No. 9255
| Decision Date | 26 July 1971 |
| Docket Number | No. 1,Docket No. 9255,1 |
| Citation | 35 Mich.App. 173,192 N.W.2d 337 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon BROWN, Defendant-Appellant |
| Court | Court of Appeal of Michigan — District of US |
Jesse E. Williams, Detroit, for defendant-appellant.
Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., William L. Cahalan, Pros. Atty., Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Div., Leonard Meyers, Asst. Pros. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before LEVIN, P.J., and QUINN and V. J. BRENNAN, JJ.
Following trial before a judge sitting without a jury, defendant was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon without a license, M.C.L.A. § 750.227 (Stat.Ann.1962 Rev. § 28.424). Defendant was sentenced and his appeal raises one issue which merits attention and requires reversal.
At bout 1:20 a.m., August 2, 1968, defendant and James Caldwell were driving west on Warren Avenue, in Detroit, in a motor vehicle driven by defendant. At the intersection of Warren and Cass Avenues, defendant made a left turn from the second lane north of the south curb of Warren. This turn was viewed by police officers stopped at a traffic light on Cass Avenue just south of Warren Avenue and facing north. The officers pursued defendant, stopped him, obtained his driver's license and car registration, and informed him he had made an improper left turn. The officers called in by radio to check on outstanding traffic warrants nad were informed that defendant owed a totla of $64 for traffic violations. The officers then placed the defendant under arrest and searched him. Allegedly the search revealed a .38 caliber revolver in the waistband of defendant's trousers. Defendant contended that the officers had planted the weapon on him in the garage at the 13th precinct.
James Caldwell was indorsed on the information as a Res gestae witness but he was not produced at trial. The trial judge held that production of this witness was not excused, but over the objection of the people, he permitted a defense witness to testify with respect to hearsay statements made to him by Caldwell. This witness testified that James Caldwell told him that he (Caldwell) and defendant were both searched on the street and that nothing was said concerning a concealed weapon, and that it was not until they arrived at the police station that he (Caldwell) was told that defendant was going to be held for something regarding a weapon.
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