*1 S T A T E O F M I C H I G A N C O U R T O F A P P E A L S PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED

July 27, 2017 Plaintiff-Appellee,

v No. 331954

Saginaw Circuit Court LARRY DUANE CURRINGTON, LC No. 14-040592-FC

Defendant-Appellant. Before: M ARKEY , P.J., and R ONAYNE K RAUSE and B OONSTRA , JJ.

R ONAYNE K RAUSE , J. (concurring) .

I concur with the majority in all respects but one. Because I agree that the challenged statement from Detective Scott was harmless irrespective of whether it was hearsay, I would simply presume that it was hearsay and decline to decide that issue. The majority includes a paragraph that begins with “Further, even if the challenged testimony were hearsay and thus admitted in error . . . ” it did not affect “the outcome of the trial.” Thus, I see no reason to make that decision with the limited facts in this case. In all other respects, I concur.

/s/ Amy Ronayne Krause -1-