Opinion ID: 1614456
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Heading: People v Gonzales

Text: On November 10, 1977, the defendant was arrested in Belscott's Department Store, where it was alleged that he stole a shirt and two pairs of slacks. On November 12, 1977, a warrant was issued charging defendant with larceny in a building, MCL 750.360; MSA 28.592. A preliminary examination was conducted on November 22, 1977. According to the testimony of the store security guard, defendant and an accomplice secreted a shirt and two pairs of slacks in a paper bag while inside the store. When confronted at the store exit, defendant refused a request by the guard to inspect the bag. Defendant broke away and ran, leaving the bag behind. Shortly thereafter, the police apprehended the defendant and returned him to the store. On December 5, 1977, defendant was arraigned on the information in Berrien County. Several weeks later, a supplemental information was filed charging defendant as a prior offender because of a previous conviction of larceny in a building. In January of the following year, the defendant pled guilty in exchange for the prosecutor's promise to forego prosecution on the supplemental information. He was sentenced to a term of from 2 1/2 to 4 years imprisonment. He appealed to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed his conviction in an unpublished per curiam opinion. We granted defendant's application for leave to appeal on November 20, 1980. 409 Mich 945 (1980).