PEOPLE OF MI V SANDRA MARIE TROIA
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
September 28, 2001
Plaintiff-Appellee,
V
No. 225782
Oakland Circuit Court
LC No. 99-164566-FH
SANDRA MARIE TROIA,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and Markey and Cooper, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals by right her jury convictions of assault and battery, MCL 750.81, and
unlawful use of a self-defense spray device, MCL 750.224d(2), for which she was sentenced to
two years’ probation with the first ninety days in jail. We affirm. This appeal is being decided
without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Defendant’s sole claim on appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the
conviction for unlawful use of a self-defense spray device. Witnesses testified that defendant
sprayed the victim with pepper spray. The canister’s label indicated that it contained two percent
oleoresin capsicum. A laboratory analysis confirmed that the solution in the canister contained
oleoresin capsicum but did not identify its concentration. Defendant contends that the evidence
was insufficient to prove that the solution in the device contained not more than two percent
oleoresin capsicum, MCL 750.224d(1)(a)(ii), because the contents of the label were inadmissible
hearsay. Defendant has failed to preserve the issue for appeal by citation to appropriate
supporting authority. People v Kelly, 231 Mich App 627, 640-641; 588 NW2d 480 (1998);
People v Piotrowski, 211 Mich App 527, 530; 536 NW2d 293 (1995).
We affirm.
/s/ Mark J. Cavanagh
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
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