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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v MARK T. CRAIGHEAD, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED December 22, 2005

No. 243856 Wayne Circuit Court LC No. 00-007900-01

Before: Whitbeck, C.J., and Saad and O'Connell, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant appeals as of right his jury trial convictions for manslaughter, MCL 750.321, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. Defendant was sentenced to 40 months to 15 years in prison for the manslaughter conviction and two years in prison for the felony-firearm conviction. We affirm. This case arises out of the shooting death of Chole Pruett on or about June 27, 1997. Mr. Pruett was found shot four times in his own apartment, and the evidence suggested that at least one of the bullets was shot while the shooter stood over him. There was no sign of forced entry, and the killer did not disturb much of the apartment. The killer went through a few of the victim's dresser drawers, but did not take the victim's jewelry. Mr. Pruett had recently received a sizeable cash settlement about which only a select few of his friends knew. Mr. Pruett spent much of his time with defendant, who was his best friend and one of only a few male friends. A police interview suggested that defendant and Pruett had discussed selling drugs together, and in the bedroom near the victim's body, police found several shoe boxes left open on the bed and two boxes of live ammunition. The ammunition was of two different calibers, .38 and .30, neither of which matched the caliber of spent .44 cartridges and bullets retrieved from the apartment. Early in the morning on June 27, 1997, police and firefighters had responded to a report of a burning truck in Redford, roughly 4

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