People v. McCadney

Defendant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, was sentenced to serve from 20 to 30 years in prison and appealed. In our initial decision released on August 11, 1981, and unreported, we held that there was insufficient evidence of a dangerous weapon as defined in the armed-robbery statute. The prosecutor’s subsequent motion for rehearing was granted. After careful reconsideration of the issue we conclude that our prior decision in this matter was in error.

A brief statement of the facts is in order. On June 17, 1979, complainant and her husband were walking to…