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PEOPLE v. VINCENT

Docket No. 105808, Calendar No. 12.

565 N.W.2d 629 (1997)

455 Mich. 110

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Duyonn Andre VINCENT, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Arthur A. Busch, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Kuebler, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Flint, for People.

State Appellate Defender by Randy E. Davidson, Detroit, for defendant.

Ronald J. Bretz, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, and Patrick Levine Rose, Lansing, amici curiae for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

Michael Thomas, President, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Detroit, amici curiae for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

Opinion

MALLETT, Chief Justice.

We granted leave in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals properly characterized a particular statement made by a trial judge as a directed verdict of acquittal. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and hold that the judge's inchoate observations did not ripen into a directed verdict of acquittal and did not become a final judgment. There was neither...

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