People v. Turner

The defendants were charged with the offense of braking and entering a place of business with the intent to commit the crime of larceny therein, MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305. Before trial, the trial judge granted the defendants’ motion to suppress evidence and dismissed the case without prejudice. The people appeal by leave granted.

Defendants are City of Detroit police officers. In the early morning of July 29, 1983, a break-in occurred at Alexander’s Bookstore on Conant Avenue in the City of Detroit. Police department records indicate defendants were assigned to plainclothes duty on the date in…