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PEOPLE v. HILL

Docket Nos. 81818, 81819, (Calendar No. 1).

433 Mich. 464 (1989)

446 N.W.2d 140

PEOPLE v. HILL PEOPLE v. MEDLEY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Don W. Atkins, Principal Attorney, Appeals, for the people.

Michael A. Reynolds for defendant Hill.

Carole M. Stanyar for defendant Medley.

RILEY, C.J.

We granted leave to appeal in these cases to decide whether two defendants can be charged with possession of one short-barreled shotgun contrary to MCL 750.224b; MSA 28.421(2), when each defendant had in his possession one of the two component parts that comprised the short-barreled shotgun.

We find that possession of a prohibited firearm is not limited to actual possession, but may include both constructive possession, and joint possession by...

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