People v. Phillips

This case is one involving a complicated set of facts which were developed over five weeks of trial in the circuit court.

To summarize the case, it appears that a Michigan State Police officer was assigned to make undercover narcotics purchases and was introduced by his superior officer, Sergeant William Morris, to a narcotics informant identified as John T. on October 19, 1976. The next day, John T. accompanied the trooper, who was given the street name of J. P., to a place known as Cheyenne Ranch in Ottawa County, Michigan. Their purpose was to meet James Atherton, a purported narcotics…