People v. Swirles

Defendant pleaded guilty of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). He was sentenced to twenty-five to fifty years’ imprisonment and two years’ imprisonment for the respective convictions. Defendant appealed, claiming that the prosecutor breached the sentencing agreement by recommending a sentence of twenty-five years for the armed robbery conviction, which represented the top end of the guidelines’ minimum sentence range, 1 instead of honoring an alleged promise to make a general recommendation of a…