People v. Jones

Defendant appeals as of right from his jury conviction of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, MCL 750.84; MSA 28.279, and felony-firearm, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2).

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in giving the jury a copy of the information to take with them into the jury room during their deliberations.

We have found no Michigan case squarely confronting this issue. However, many federal courts have concluded that the trial court has discretion to submit the indictment to the jury so long as the jury is instructed that the indictment is…