PEOPLE OF MI V JAMES CHARLES MALLOY
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
February 18, 2003
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 235100
Oakland Circuit Court
LC No. 00-176022-FH
JAMES CHARLES MALLOY,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and Fitzgerald and Murray, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals as of right his jury conviction for resisting and obstructing a police
officer, MCL 750.479, failure to stop at the scene of a property accident, MCL 257.618, and
OUIL, MCL 257.625. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant
to MCR 7.214(E).
Defendant asserts that there was insufficient evidence to support his resisting and
obstructing conviction because he did not know that the individuals who approached him were
police officers. In determining whether sufficient evidence has been presented to sustain a
conviction, a reviewing court must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the
prosecution, and determine whether any rational finder of fact could have found that the essential
elements of the crime were proven beyond a reasonable doubt. People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508,
515; 489 NW2d 748 (1992).
The officers who participated in defendant’s arrest testified that they were in uniform and
drove marked police cars. They testified that they identified themselves as police officers when
they ordered defendant to stop, and again when they asked him to get out of the truck where he
was hiding. A rational finder of fact could conclude that it was proven beyond a reasonable
doubt that defendant was aware he was resisting police officers that were carrying out their
lawful duties.
Affirmed.
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Christopher M. Murray
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