Case Name: PEOPLE v. JOHNSON
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1976-07-16
Citations: 70 Mich. App. 349
Docket Number: Docket No. 27172
Parties: PEOPLE v JOHNSON
Judges: Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and T. M. Burns and W. Van Valkenburg, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 70
Pages: 349–350

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v JOHNSON
1. Witnesses — Criminal Law — Res Gestae Witnesses — Failure to Produce — Appeal and Error — Preserving Question.
The Court of Appeals will not consider a defendant’s argument that the prosecutor failed to indorse and produce 'alleged res gestae witnesses where the defendant neither requested the production of the witnesses prior to or during trial nor made a motion for a new trial.
2. Witnesses — Criminal Law — Res Gestae Witnesses — Waiver of Production — Trial Tactics — Waiver by Counsel.
The waiver of production of res gestae witnesses is a trial tactic within the province of counsel; waiver by a defendant personally is not required when the defendant is represented by counsel.
References for Points in Headnotes
[1, 2] 41 Am Jur 2d, Indictments and Informations §§ 56, 60.
58 Am Jur 2d, New Trial § 41.
Appeal from Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Robert J. Columbo, J.
Submitted June 8, 1976, at Detroit.
(Docket No. 27172.)
Decided July 16, 1976.
James Johnson was convicted of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle and of receiving stolen property over the value of $100. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Criminal Division, and Andrea L. Solak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Philip J. Caruso (Alvin C. Sallen, of counsel), for defendant on appeal.
Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and T. M. Burns and W. Van Valkenburg, JJ.
Former circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment pursuant to Const 1963, art 6, § 23 as amended in 1968.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant was convicted of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle, MCLA 750.413; MSA 28.645, and receiving stolen property over $100, MCLA 750.535; MSA 28.803. He was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of 2-1/2 to 5 years in prison and appeals as of right.
We cannot consider defendant's argument that the prosecutor failed to endorse and produce alleged res gestae witnesses. Defendant did not request the production of the witnesses prior to or during trial, nor did he move for a new trial. People v Robinson, 390 Mich 629, 634; 213 NW2d 106 (1973). The issue is not preserved for appellate review.
We find no merit in the argument that the trial court erred in failing to obtain defendant's personal consent to the waiver of production of endorsed witnesses. The right of confrontation is not of such moment that it requires waiver by the defendant personally when he is represented by counsel. Such waiver as we have in this case is a trial tactic within the province of counsel. People v Lawrence, 32 Mich App 591, 593; 189 NW2d 48 (1971).
Affirmed.