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PEOPLE v. WOLFE

PER CURIAM.

Defendant Robert William Wolfe was tried before a judge without a jury in Recorder's Court in the city of Detroit for robbery armed — aiding and abetting. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve from ten to twenty years in the state prison. Defendant appeals, contending that the evidence was not sufficient for the trial court to make a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The basis for defendant's appeal is an attack on the credibility of the three prosecution witnesses who placed the defendant at the scene of the crime.

CL 1948, § 750.529, as amended by PA 1959, No 71 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.797); CL 1948, § 767.39 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.979).

The weight given to testimony is determined by the trier of fact and will not be reversed unless a clear preponderance of the evidence establishes an opposite finding. People v. Doris White (1965), 2 Mich. App. 104; People v. Szymanski (1948), 321 Mich. 248; People v. Hogan (1967), 9 Mich. App. 78.

In the present case three witnesses placed defendant at the scene of the crime and one of the witnesses who pled guilty to a charge of unarmed robbery arising out of the same offense stated that the defendant drove the car and took a share of the stolen money. There is nothing in the record which would justify this court's reversal of the trial court's finding of fact.

Affirmed.

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PEOPLE v. WOLFE
(Oct 6, 1970)