People v. Laney

Defendant, a federally licensed gun dealer, sold a pistol to an undercover sheriffs deputy licensed to purchase the firearm, under circumstances strongly indicating that the deputy was purchasing the firearm on behalf of an underage, unlicensed individual. As a result, the prosecutor charged defendant with violating MCL 750.223(1), a misdemeanor. That statute proscribes selling a pistol without complying with the licensing requirements set forth in MCL 28.422(5). The district court, concluding that defendant had complied with MCL 28.422(5), dismissed the charges against him, and the circuit…