D.F. WALSH, J.

Defendant, Chauncey Carter, was convicted by a jury of possession of heroin, MCL 335.341(4)(a); MSA 18.1070(41)(4)(a), possession of a firearm in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2), and carrying a concealed weapon, MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424. On December 16, 1977, he was sentenced to a prison term of two to four years on the heroin conviction and two to five years on the carrying a concealed weapon conviction. These sentences were to run concurrently. The mandatory two year prison sentence, to be served consecutively, was imposed for the felony-firearm conviction. He now appeals; we affirm in part and reverse in part.

At defendant's September 26, 1977, preliminary examination, Officer Ronald Smith of the Detroit Police Department testified that at about 8:40 p.m. on September 15, 1977, he was on routine patrol in the area of Gladstone and Woodrow Wilson in Detroit. Three other police officers were with Officer Smith in his semimarked police car. As the car approached 1620 Gladstone, Officer Smith saw defendant walking away from the apartment building at that address. When defendant reached the sidewalk, he looked in the direction of the police car, turned around and ran toward the apartment building. Officer Smith followed. When defendant reached the building he opened the door and entered a foyer area. As the door was closing behind defendant, Officer Smith saw him throw down a plastic bag. The officer picked up the bag and saw that it contained a brown substance which he suspected was heroin. Defendant was placed under arrest. Officer James Irons conducted a patdown search of defendant and took a .25-caliber loaded automatic pistol from defendant's waistband.

According to Officer Smith, there had been numerous rapes in the area and he had received reports of breakings and enterings in the building at 1620 Gladstone.

On October 21, 1977, defendant's pretrial motion to suppress the heroin was denied. Citing People v Terrell, 77 Mich. App. 676; 259 N.W.2d 187 (1977), defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence.

We will not disturb the trial court's denial of defendant's suppression motion unless we find that it was clearly erroneous. People v White, 84 Mich. App. 351, 354; 269 N.W.2d 598 (1978), lv den 406 Mich. 858 (1979). We do not so find.

We agree with the Terrell panel that the police officers' investigatory pursuit of defendant must be tested by the Fourth Amendment's general proscription against unreasonable searches and seizures. People v Terrell, supra, 679. Under Terry v Ohio, 392 U.S. 1; 88 S.Ct. 1868; 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), we must determine if the record reveals specific, articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warranted the protested intrusion. Id., 21. The appropriateness of the action taken must be judged by an objective standard: would the facts available to Officer Smith have justified the belief in a person of reasonable caution that the action taken was proper? Id., 21-22. This standard allows police officers to pursue their legitimate investigative function while at the same time preventing intrusion upon constitutionally guaranteed rights.

The instant facts are similar to those in People v Dixon, 85 Mich. App. 271; 271 N.W.2d 196 (1978), lv den 406 Mich. 906 (1979). Although the Dixon panel did not agree on the constitutionality of the scope of the police officers' detention of the defendant, there was unanimous agreement that the police had been justified in stopping the defendant for investigative purposes. They had seen the defendant running in the early morning hours in an area which had been the scene of many recent early morning break-ins.

Similarly, the officers in this case could point to articulable facts which warranted investigatory pursuit of defendant. They encountered defendant at nighttime in an area where several rapes had occurred. Upon seeing them, defendant suddenly turned and ran back toward a building which had been the object of breakings and enterings. Under the circumstances, further investigation was reasonable. In fact, in our judgment, failure to investigate would have been inconsistent with good police practice. The trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed. To whatever extent People v Terrell, supra, may be inconsistent with our ruling in this case, we decline to follow it.

During trial a separate record was made to determine if Willard Jackson, a proposed defense witness, would be allowed to testify. Mr. Jackson had been with defendant at the time of the latter's arrest. In response to questions posed to him by defense counsel, Mr. Jackson stated that he would answer questions regarding where he had met defendant on September 15, 1977, what time they had gone to 1620 Gladstone, and what had occurred at the time of defendant's arrest. He stated, however, that he would not answer certain of the questions which would be posed by the prosecutor.

Answering questions posed to him by the trial court, Mr. Jackson stated that he would testify as to "the absence of Mr. Carter's involvement * * * or knowledge" but that he would not answer questions "tending to go to [his] own involvement or knowledge".

The trial court ruled that Mr. Jackson's testimony would not be admitted. The court found that the introduction of the witness's testimony, in light of his anticipated assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege not to incriminate himself, would thwart the prosecutor's right to cross-examine him.

The general rule regarding the proper course to be taken when a witness refuses to answer certain questions on cross-examination was set forth in Stephan v United States, 133 F.2d 87, 97 (CA 6, 1943), cert den 318 U.S. 781; 63 S.Ct. 858; 87 L.Ed. 1148 (1943), reh den 319 U.S. 783; 63 S.Ct. 1172; 87 L.Ed. 1727 (1943):

"The general rule is that `where the witness after his examination in chief on the stand has refused to submit to cross-examination, the opportunity of thus probing and testing his statements has substantially failed and his direct testimony should be struck out.' Wigmore on Ev., supra, Sec. 1391, p 112, and cases cited in the footnotes. But to this general rule there are many exceptions. One is that `on the circumstances of the case, the refusal or evasion of answers to one or more questions only need not lead to this result.' Wigmore further states, `Courts treat this situation with varying degrees of strictness. It should be left to the determination of the trial judge, regard being had chiefly to the motive of the witness and materiality of the answer.' See Gibson v Goldthwaite, 7 Ala. 281, 42 Am Dec 592; Flannery v Commonwealth, Ky, 51 S.W. 572; Scott v McCann, 76 Md. 47; 24 A 536; Succession of Townsend, 40 La Ann 66; 3 So. 488."

In two recent cases, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt with the precise issue which is presented to us in this case: whether the trial court acted properly in striking the entire testimony of a defense witness. See State v Monsoor, 56 Wis.2d 689; 203 N.W.2d 20 (1973), Peters v State, 70 Wis.2d 22; 233 N.W.2d 420 (1975). As noted in Peters, an accused's constitutional right to present witnesses in his own behalf comes into play when an issue arises concerning the striking of a defense witness's testimony. That right, however, is:

"* * * qualified by the necessity of compliance with `established rules of procedure and evidence designed to assure both fairness and reliability in the ascertainment of guilt and innocence'". 70 Wis.2d 22, 37, citing Chambers v Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284; 93 S.Ct. 1038; 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973).

The striking of testimony of persons who refuse to answer questions on cross-examination is, therefore, a matter best left to the sound discretion of the trial court. We find no abuse of discretion in the exclusion of Mr. Jackson's testimony in this case. The questions posed by the prosecutor (see footnote 2) were not unrelated to the events which gave rise to the drug charge against defendant. The questions were designed specifically to test the truthfulness of Mr. Jackson's testimony about facts and circumstances surrounding the alleged offenses. We decline to disturb the trial court's ruling in this regard.

Defendant was convicted of three crimes — felony-firearm, possession of heroin and carrying a concealed weapon. The Supreme Court's holding in Wayne County Prosecutor v Recorder's Court Judge, 406 Mich. 374; 280 N.W.2d 793 (1979), conclusively establishes the constitutionality and legality of concurrent convictions of possession of heroin and felony-firearm. The Supreme Court's discussion in Wayne County Prosecutor, however, leads inevitably to the conclusion that defendant's carrying a concealed weapon conviction cannot stand.

The felony-firearm statute expressly provides that one element of the crime of felony-firearm is the commission or attempted commission of any felony other than carrying a concealed weapon or unlawful possession of a weapon. MCL 750.227b(1); MSA 28.424(2)(1), Wayne County Prosecutor v Recorder's Court Judge, supra, 397. In other words, carrying a concealed weapon is not a "proper" (id.) felony for purposes of supporting a felony-firearm conviction.

It is argued, however, that because defendant was also convicted of the heroin offense and because that crime can serve as the underlying felony supporting the felony-firearm conviction, the carrying a concealed weapon conviction can stand as a separate and distinct conviction. The statutory language does not clearly eliminate the possible validity of this argument. Nor did the Legislature clearly indicate its intent to authorize concurrent convictions of carrying a concealed weapon and felony-firearm in cases in which a third felony was charged in the information.

In analyzing and reaffirming its decisions in People v Cook, 236 Mich. 333; 210 N.W. 296 (1926), People v Martin, 398 Mich. 303; 247 N.W.2d 303 (1976), and People v Stewart (On Rehearing), 400 Mich. 540; 256 N.W.2d 31 (1977), the Supreme Court, in Wayne County Prosecutor, supra, observed that none of those earlier cases had "involved statutes which evidenced a clear legislative intent to authorize separate convictions and cumulative punishments based on one occurrence". 406 Mich. 374, 399. The Court concluded:

"These cases [Cook/Martin/Stewart] stand for the proposition that where the Legislature has not clearly authorized multiple convictions and cumulative punishments, both of two convictions and their attendant punishments cannot stand." 406 Mich. 374, 402.

Applying this standard to the instant situation, we are satisfied that defendant's carrying a concealed weapon conviction must be set aside. The carrying a concealed weapons and felony-firearm convictions are based on "one occurrence", i.e., one possession of a firearm. Because the Legislature has not clearly authorized separate convictions for both carrying a concealed weapon and felony-firearm based on one possession of a firearm, one of the convictions and its attendant punishment cannot stand. We, therefore, set aside defendant's carrying a concealed weapon conviction and vacate the punishment he received for that conviction.

We have examined the jury instructions and find that defendant's assignment of error with respect thereto is without merit.

Affirmed in part; reversed in part.

D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., P.J., concurred.