People v. Pace

Following a jury trial in the Washtenaw County Circuit Court, defendant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon without the intent to commit murder or the intent to inflict great bodily harm in contravention of MCL 750.82; MSA 28.277. Defendant was sentenced to a two to four-year term of imprisonment, with the recommendation that he be enrolled in an alcohol-improvement program.

The charge arose out of a family squabble. The complainant, Kelly Gene Hamilton, testified that he had sold a pair of speakers to Sandra Pace, his sister-in-law. Carl Pace, the defendant, was the former…