Court Opinion

ID: 9728835
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:17:19.266462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:52.438768
License: Public Domain

R. M. Maher, P. J.
(concurring in part; dissenting in part). While I agree with the majority that MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2) does not violate the Michigan constitutional provision against revising, altering or amending other statutes by implication, I find another problem with the law which should not be ignored, which I raise sua sponte. For reasons well stated in opinions by my fellow judges, defendant’s conviction under the felony-*726firearm statute cannot be constitutionally condoned. See Wayne County Prosecutor v Recorder’s Court Judge, 85 Mich App 727; 272 NW2d 587 (1978), and People v Gerald Hughes, 85 Mich App 8; 270 NW2d 692 (1978) (D. F. Walsh, J., dissenting). I would vacate the conviction for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony but leave the conviction for possession of heroin undisturbed.