People v. Scarbrough

Defendant was arrested on October 25, 1985, by a Washtenaw County sheriffs deputy and charged with carrying a weapon in a motor vehicle, MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424. The weapon was a pellet pistol, Crosman brand, with a rifled barrel, and was loaded with pellets. Preliminary examination was held in early May, 1986, in district court. The district judge held that the pistol was not a firearm and dismissed the case on June 25, 1986. The people appealed and Washtenaw Circuit Judge William F. Ager, Jr., reversed and reinstated the charge by opinion of March 25, 1987, and order of April 16, 1987. We…