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PEOPLE v. RAND

Docket No. 57270, (Calendar No. 19).

397 Mich. 638 (1976)

247 N.W.2d 508

PEOPLE v. RAND

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, John A. Smietanka, Prosecuting Attorney, and John Jeffrey Long, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender Office (by F. Martin Tieber, and Roger L. Wotila, of counsel) for defendant.

Decided November 23, 1976. Modified on application for rehearing, 399 Mich ___.

LINDEMER, J.

We granted leave to determine the proper basis for the construction of jury verdicts. We hold that a jury verdict is not void for uncertainty if its meaning can be clearly deduced by reference to the pleadings, the court's charge, and the entire record.

Defendant was charged by information with armed robbery, MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797, and with assault with...

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