PEOPLE OF MI V ARLON KEITH SMITH
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
July 29, 1997
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v
No. 197650
Wayne Circuit Court
LC No. 96-502264
ARLON KEITH SMITH,
Defendant-Appellee.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Wahls and P.R. Joslyn*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
The Wayne County Prosecutor appeals by right an order of the Wayne Circuit Court, quashing
the information which charges defendant with unarmed robbery. The circuit court, after reviewing the
evidence adduced at preliminary examination, concluded that the evidence only established shoplifting
(retail fraud) and assault and battery. We reverse.
The evidence at preliminary examination indicated that defendant, when approached by a
security guard at the store where the theft occurred, pushed the security guard aside in order to leave
the store with the stolen merchandise. Where force is purposefully inflicted to insure the complainant’s
loss of possession, unarmed robbery is established. People v LeFlore, 96 Mich App 557, 563; 293
NW2d 628 (1980), after remand 122 Mich App 314, 319-320; 333 NW2d 47 (1983). There was no
abuse of discretion by the examining magistrate in binding defendant over for trial on a charge of
unarmed robbery on this record.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We do not retain
jurisdiction.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ Myron H. Wahls
/s/ Patrick R. Joslyn
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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