People v. MacLeod

Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial conviction of resisting and obstructing a police officer (resisting arrest), MCL 750.479. The trial court sentenced him to eight months in jail, with the last four months held in abeyance. We affirm.

I. BASIC PACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case arises from an incident that began with defendant and his friends out for a night of carousing. At some point during a stroll with a case of beer in their possession, one of defendant’s friends, Justin Brasseur, stopped to urinate behind a wall while his friends waited for him on the sidewalk. Officer…