People v. Baines

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury on October 31, 1974, of larceny in a building. MCLA 750.360; MSA 28.592. On November 18, 1974, the trial court sentenced the defendant to a term of from 2 to 4 years in prison. On December 9, 1974, defendant filed his claim of appeal as of right with this Court.

At trial the prosecution presented two witnesses, a security guard and a sales person from Hughes & Hatcher’s Northland store where the larceny occurred. Over objection, the prosecution was excused from producing another person who had assisted in detaining the defendant outside…