Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge

George Earl Beavers and Halord Swain were originally charged with delivery of over 650 grams of a mixture containing cocaine, MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(i); MSA 14.15(7401)(2)(a)(i). The defendants were tried in a bench trial held in Detroit Recorder’s Court. The trial judge found them guilty of attempted delivery rather than actual delivery and sentenced them to sixty days in jail and three years of probation. The Wayne County Prosecutor sought a writ of superintending control. This Court granted the prosecutor’s complaint and directed the parties to proceed to a hearing on the merits in the same…