People v. Minch

The prosecution appeals by leave granted an order of the trial court directing the Fruit-port Police Department to turn certain firearms over to defendant’s designee, Carol L. Cutler, who is also his mother. We affirm.

I. BASIC FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a short-barreled shotgun, MCL 750.224b, and one count of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for the return of 86 noncontraband firearms seized during a police raid of defendant’s home and ordered the Fruitport…