PEOPLE v. CARTWRIGHT

Docket No. 106502.

563 N.W.2d 208 (1997)

454 Mich. 550

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kimberly Ann CARTWRIGHT, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

June 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Larry J. Burdick, Prosecuting Attorney, and Mark Duthie, Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Mt. Pleasant, for People.

Dwight D. Carpenter, Clare, for Defendant-Appellee.


Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The question presented is whether marijuana and firearms seized from the defendant's mobile home should be suppressed because a police officer made a brief and cursory inspection of the residence before the arrival of a search warrant. We hold that the evidence should not have been suppressed, and thus reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the circuit court.

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