Court Opinion

ID: 9722236
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:21:45.891366+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:32.720796
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Bashara, J.
(concurring). Judge McGregor has written an excellent opinion for this panel with which I concur. However, I feel constrained to make special comment because of having joined in the opinion in People v Serra, 55 Mich App 514; 223 NW2d 28 (1974).
Upon reflection the self-incrimination analysis in Serra may have been an improper standard. However, it should be pointed out that I consider the Serra decision to be primarily based on the "rational relationship” test in the light of common experience. The test is whether in common experience the possession of two ounces of marijuana is rationally related to the intent to deliver.
It should be further stressed that Serra very clearly applied only to the facts of that case.