Legal Opinion
People v. Pearson
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 5, 1987No. Docket 89428PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtD. F. Walsh, P.J.
Defendant Daniel James Pearson was convicted, following a jury trial, of manufacturing a controlled substance (marihuana). MCL 333.7401(1); MSA 14.15(7401)(1). He was sentenced on October 21, 1985, to a three-year term of probation. MCL 333.7401(2)(c); MSA 14.15(7401)(2)(c).
Defendant was arrested at the site of a fifty-foot-square, fenced plot located in a remote area on state-owned land. When first confronted by the police, defendant said: "Oh no, I’m sorry. Can’t we work something out? I only grow it for my own use. This is the first time I’ve done anything like this.” The police harvested…
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