People v. Harris

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of the offense of carrying a dangerous weapon in a motor vehicle, which is proscribed by MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424.

It was undisputed at trial that a pistol was removed by police from a car in which defendant and a female companion had been riding. The case for the prosecution rested mainly upon the testimony of a police officer who stated he had seen defendant leave the driver’s position of the car and walk around it to the passenger’s side, where he re-entered and attempted to conceal a handgun between the seats. Witnesses for the defendant testified that…