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PEOPLE v. DEMPSTER

Docket No. 55703, (Calendar No. 13).

396 Mich. 700 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 381

PEOPLE v. DEMPSTER

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training & Appeals, and James M. Wouczyna, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Levine & Benjamin, P.C. (by Edwin S. Bean) for defendant Phyllis Dempster.

Amicus Curiae: Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Harry G. Iwasko, Jr., and Marc A. Goldman, Assistants Attorney General, for Department of Commerce, Corporation and Securities Bureau.

KAVANAGH, C.J.

Defendants were convicted of selling unregistered securities in violation of the Uniform Securities Act, MCLA 451.701; MSA 19.776(301) in a 1971 bench trial in Detroit Recorder's Court, and defendant Phyllis Dempster was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. The convictions were affirmed by the Court of Appeals.

Three issues are presented on appeal in this Court: (1) Whether the securities were exempt as "commercial paper" from the registration...

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