PEOPLE OF MI V STANLEY POWELL
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
May 23, 1997
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
STANLEY POWELL,
No. 193345
Recorder’s Court
LC No. 95-008598
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Smolenski, P.J., and Michael J. Kelly and Gribbs, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of accessory after the fact, MCL 750.505; MSA 28.424,
and sentenced to three years’ and four months’ to five years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of
right. We affirm.
Viewing the circumstantial evidence and the inferences arising from such evidence in a light most
favorable to the prosecution, we conclude that a rational trier of fact could have found that the elements
of the crime of accessory after the fact were proven beyond a reasonable doubt. People v Truong
(After Remand), 218 Mich App 325, 337; 553 NW2d 692 (1996); People v Cunningham, 201
Mich App 720, 723; 506 NW2d 624 (1993). We reject defendant’s contention that to find him guilty
the jury would have had to impermissibly draw inferences from other inferences. People v McWilson,
104 Mich App 550, 555; 305 NW2d 536 (1981).
We find no merit to defendant’s unpreserved claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Alternatively,
even assuming error, we decline to review this issue because a timely curative instruction could have
eliminated any prejudice. People v Stanaway, 446 Mich 643, 687; 521 NW2d 557 (1994).
Affirmed.
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
/s/ Michael J. Kelly
/s/ Roman S. Gribbs
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