People v. Hunt

In People v. Hunt (After Remand), 214 Mich. App. 313; 542 N.W.2d 609 (1995), the defendant broke into an Eaton County residence and stole a watch. He pawned the watch in Ingham County and subsequently pleaded guilty in the Ingham Circuit Court of attempted receiving or concealing stolen property. Later, the defendant was convicted following a jury trial in the Eaton Circuit Court of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling to steal the watch. The Hunt Court held that the offenses were part of the "same transaction," and therefore the two convictions violated the protection against successive prosecutions for the same offense. See 214 Mich. App. at 315-317. The Court went on to state that "had the charges against defendant been properly joined in a single prosecution, he could not have been convicted of both breaking and entering and receiving and concealing." 214 Mich. App. at 318.