People v. Stander

Defendant was convicted by a jury in Wayne County Circuit Court on May 21, 1974, of unlawfully driving away an automobile, MCLA 750.413; MSA 28.645. He was sentenced to a term of 2-1/2 to 5 years in prison and now appeals as of right raising eight assignments of error.

Shortly after 5 p.m. on March 20, 1974, Sergeant Gerald Schornack of the Redford Township police department received a phone call from an informant who stated that "Floyd” and one or two others intended to steal an automobile later that evening. The officer was told that the vehicle was parked on Lyndon Street in Livonia. At…