People v. Quinn

440 Mich. 178 (1992)

487 N.W.2d 194

PEOPLE

v.

QUINN

Docket No. 91667, (Calendar No. 6).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued March 4, 1992.

Decided July 14, 1992.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, Richard Thompson, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael J. Modelski, Chief, Appellate Division, for the people.

Arthur James Rubiner for the defendant.

BOYLE, J.

We granted leave in this case to decide whether under MCL 750.227c; MSA 28.424(3), knowledge that a firearm is loaded[1] is an element of the offense of transporting or possessing a loaded firearm other than a pistol in or…