People v. Martin

Defendant Gregory H. Martin, III, pleaded guilty to one count of larceny from a person, MCL 750.357. Defendant entered his plea after the trial court made a preliminary sentence evaluation1 that he would be sentenced to a “county jail” term, rather than imprisonment in a state prison. Ultimately, the trial court sentenced defendant as a second-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.10, to ten months’ imprisonment in the Oakland County Jail. The prosecution appeals by leave granted. We affirm.

The prosecution contends that the trial court erred as a matter of law in sentencing defendant to a…