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PEOPLE v. PEALS

Docket No. 128376. COA No. 2.

720 N.W.2d 196 (2006)

476 Mich. 636

The PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darryl PEALS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training and Appeals, and Jon P. Wojtala, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Detroit, for the people.

Robert Tomak, Canton, for the defendant.

CORRIGAN, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether the weapon at issue in this case constituted a "firearm" as defined in MCL 750.222(d), and thus whether defendant was properly convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, MCL 750.224f(1); and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. We hold that the text of the statutory definition indicates that a weapon is a firearm if it is the type of weapon that was designed...

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