People v. Sleet

Defendant appeals as of right from the sentence of IV2 to 14 years imposed after she pleaded guilty of uttering and publishing. MCL 750.249; MSA 28.446. Defendant was free on bond, awaiting sentencing for two other uttering and publishing convictions, when this offense was committed on July 14, 1990. Therefore, she received a mandatory consecutive sentence under MCL 768.7b(l); MSA 28.1030(2)(1). We affirm.

Defendant argues that the sentencing statute violates equal protection and substantive due process because it makes consecutive sentences mandatory only for felonies committed between April…