People v. Miceli

The defendant, Joseph Miceli, appeals his conviction by jury verdict of the crime, as charged in the information, of breaking and entering a motor vehicle for the purpose of stealing or unlawfully removing personal property of a value in excess of $5. MCLA § 750.356a (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.588 [1]).

Miceli and four other young men were riding around late at night when they encountered a stalled automobile and its owner. The efforts of Miceli and his companions to start the automobile were unsuccessful and they drove the owner home after he had locked the doors of his automobile.

Later that…