People v. Jones

Defendants were charged with larceny with safe damage, MCL 750.531; MSA 28.799, and breaking and entering a building with the intent to commit larceny, MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305. The trial court dismissed the charges after finding that defendants were entrapped by an informant acting as an agent of the police. The people appeal as of right.

The informant told the police that defendants were going to commit a breaking and entering of McMartin’s Jewelry Store. The informant testified at the entrapment hearing that he was twenty-five years old and earned $100,000 per year in real estate and race…