People v. Hoyt

On June 30, 1987, following a jury trial in Calhoun Circuit Court, defendant was convicted of two counts of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder, MCL 750.84: MSA 28.279, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). On August 12, 1987, defendant was sentenced to eighty months to ten years imprisonment for each assault conviction and two years imprisonment for each felony-firearm conviction. Defendant appeals by right from his convictions, contending that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing…