Court Opinion

ID: 9670638
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:23:48.340079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:05.802557
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Reilly, J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. The victim testified on reexamination that the defendant, when making his getaway, stopped and put his hand in his shirt and said "freeze” or "stop” or "something like that.” The victim thought the defendant had a gun; at least he "wasn’t going to just assume that [defendant] didn’t, so I did stop.” A few moments later, after defendant had grabbed two boxes, the victim again took up the chase. When asked why he pursued the defendant if he thought he had a gun, the victim responded "and why — if he’s got a gun, why is he running?” I believe, when viewed in a light most favorable to the prosecutor, that there is sufficient objective evidence of the presence of a gun to allow reasonable jurors to determine that defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of armed robbery. People v Jolly, 442 Mich 458; 502 NW2d 177 (1993); People v DeMeyers, 183 Mich App 286; 454 NW2d 202 (1990). The credibility of the equivocal testimony of the witness was an issue for the jury. People v Herbert, 444 Mich 466; 511 NW2d 654 (1993); People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508, 513-516; 489 NW2d 748 (1992).