People v. Norwood

The prosecution appeals by leave granted the circuit court order affirming the district court’s denial of the prosecution’s motion to bind over defendants on a charge of pandering, MCL 750.455.1 We reverse and remand to the circuit court for reinstatement of the charge against each defendant and for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

On April 8, 2011, an officer with the special operations unit of the Wayne County Sheriffs Office was working as an undercover decoy in the city of Detroit in response to complaints of prostitution. A Lincoln Navigator was driven nearby and the vehicle’s…