People v. Morton

The issue in this case is whether, where a defendant has committed separate felonies during a single transaction, he may be convicted of more than one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Under these circumstances, it is permissible to enter more than one felony-firearm conviction, and we thus reverse in part the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

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On March 7, 1981, two persons were at work in a gas station in Pontiac. A car entered the driveway. When one of the attendants saw a handgun lying on the front seat of the car, he and the other attendant retreated…