People v. Hooks

After a nonjury trial, defendant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property of a value exceeding $100, MCL 750.535; MSA 28.803. Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for from two to five years, and he appeals as of right.

At trial, Sonia Abu-Sawwan testified that she had custody and control of a 1981 Pontiac Firebird automobile, license plate No. WWR 800, worth more than $100. She parked the car on the street in front of her home at about 1:30 a.m. on January 2, 1983, and she discovered it missing about 8:00 a.m. the same morning. She had given no one permission to take it.

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