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PEOPLE v. WILKINS

Docket No. 61476.

408 Mich. 69 (1980)

288 N.W.2d 583

PEOPLE v. WILKINS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Principal Attorney, Appeals, and Anne B. Wetherholt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Charles Burke for defendant.

PER CURIAM:

The trial judge allowed testimony by a police officer on the content of the information a tipster provided him. We believe he erred and we reverse.

I

Nathaniel Wilkins was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. The charge originated from the observations of police officers who had been told what to watch for through an informant's tip. While conducting surveillance of a home in Detroit, they...

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