People v. Tait

This case arises from an incident in Mason County, Michigan, where a deputy sheriff, dispatched to the scene of an automobile accident, claims that defendant approached him, raised a gun, pointed it at the deputy and stated he was going to blow the deputy’s head off.

Defendant was charged with the crime of assault with intent to commit murder, 1 bound over by the examining magistrate on the lesser offense of felonious assault 2 and convicted by a jury on the original charge after the trial judge concluded the magistrate had clearly abused his discretion by reducing the charge. This Court…