People v. Stanton

Defendant was charged with being an inmate in possession of a weapon which might be used to injure a convict or to assist a convict to escape. MCLA 800.283; MSA 28.1623; 1909 PA 17 as amended by 1972 PA 105. The determinative issue is whether the 1972 amendment to § 3 of 1909 PA 17 violates the title-object limitation in Const 1963, art 4, § 24. The circuit court quashed the information on the grounds that the statutory language did violate the title-object limitation, but the Court of Appeals reversed over the dissent of Judge Maher. 69 Mich App 495; 245 NW2d 106 (1976). Pursuant to GCR…