People v. Moore

Reuben Moore was convicted by a jury’s verdict for unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and sentenced to serve a prison term of eight to ten years. The Court of Appeals, in an unpublished per curiam opinion, affirmed, reducing the minimum term of Moore’s sentence to six years and eight months on the authority of People v Tanner, 387 Mich 683; 199 NW2d 202 (1972).

The issues concern:

1) the validity of the warrantless seizure of the narcotic drug during a cursory examination incident to Moore’s valid arrest for an unrelated crime;

2) the admissibility of Moore’s prior convictions for the…