People v. Coward

Defendant appeals as of right from a jury conviction for breaking and entering an occupied dwelling with intent to commit larceny contrary to MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305.

A recapitulation of the pertinent trial testimony evinces the following facts.

A plant security guard for Huron Valley Steel Company testified that at about 6:10 p.m. on July 14, 1979, he noticed a black male walking down the road in front of the guard’s shack on the company premises. The guard’s attention was drawn to the man’s presence because "[i]t’s normally a highly used highway. There’s usually not that many people out there…