People v. Hargrave

Defendant was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to obtain over $100 by false pretenses, MCLA 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1), and of obtaining over $100 by false pretenses, MCLA 750.218; MSA 28.415. Defendant was fined $5,000 and sentenced to two years probation on count 1 and sentenced to two years probation, with 90 days to be served in the county jail, on count 2. Defendant now appeals by right, raising four issues, only one of which requires discussion.

Defendant contends that the prosecutor’s cross-examination concerning defendant’s refusal, during police interviews, to explain certain gratuities…