People v. Ragland

The defendant-appellant, Jimmie Rag-land, was tried and convicted by a jury and subsequently sentenced in the circuit court for the county of Wayne on a charge of felonious assault, CL 1948, § 750.82 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.277) :

“Felonious assault—Any person who shall assault another with a gun, revolver, pistol, knife, iron bar, club, brass knuckles or other dangerous weapon, but without intending to commit the crime of murder, and without intending to inflict great bodily harm less than the crime of murder, shall be guilty of a felony.”

This appeal raises two issues:

1. Is a flashlight a…