People v. Bolling

Defendant appeals as of right from his conviction, as charged, for the destruction or removal of timber with a value of $25 or more, MCL 752.701; MSA 28.151, * 1 based upon his qualified or conditional plea of guilty.

On the afternoon of December 16, 1982, passersby saw defendant cut and take a seven-to seven- and-one-half foot pine tree from a residential lot. The pine was one of a grouping planted by the landowners to serve as a windbreak. The witnesses wrote down the license plate number on defendant’s automobile and reported the information to police. Soon after, police officers went to…