People v. Augustus Jones

The people appeal from a December 27, 1977, order of the Detroit Recorder’s Court, granting defendant’s motion for new trial and. a dismissal of the charge.

Between 1948 and 1966, the defendant compiled a criminal record of nine convictions. One of those convictions was for possession of an unregistered pistol, MCL 750.228; MSA 28.425. The remaining convictions related to misdemeanor gambling offenses.

In 1977, the defendant moved to set aside these convictions by way of new trials and dismissal of the charges. The defendant alleged that he sought expungement of the convictions because he was…