People v. James Williams

In these cases consolidated on ap-

peal, the four defendants were charged with possession of less than twenty-five grams of a mixture containing cocaine, MCL 333.7403(2)(a)(v); MSA 14.15(7403)(2)(a)(v). Each defendant was arrested in March of 1990 after purchasing cocaine from an undercover police officer who was posing as a drug dealer as part of a "reverse buy” operation conducted by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Each case was brought before a different Kalamazoo Circuit Court judge, and each judge dismissed the charge on the basis of entrapment. The prosecutor appeals as of…