People v. Nixten

Defendant, charged and convicted of delivery of more than 50 and less than 225 grams of a mixture containing cocaine, MCL 333.7401(1) and (2)(a)(iii); MSA 14.15(7401X1) and (2)(a)(iii), was sentenced to a prison term of from 13 Vi years to 20 years, and appeals as of right.

Defendant first came to the attention of the police when Elva Rushton, arrested for possession of cocaine, said that the cocaine had been obtained from defendant. She told the police that she had bought cocaine from him on various occasions and that his brother, Don, was also involved.

Rushton had met defendant in Flint late…