People v. Huizenga

Defendant appeals as of right from his plea-based conviction for carrying a concealed weapon, MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424. Defendant specifically preserved for appeal a challenge that his gun did not come within the statutory definition of a "pistol” or "firearm.”

In entering his conditional guilty plea defendant read into the record the following statement:

On March 6th, 1987 in Kent County, Michigan at or about 10:30 p.m. a police officer grabbed my arm as I walked away from my wrecked car. A nine millimeter SWD Cobray that was totally inoperative and was not capable of propelling by the use of…