People v. Travis

On September 15, 1987, following a jury trial, defendant, Namon Travis, was convicted of three counts of taking another hostage while a prisoner, MCL 750.349a; MSA 28.581(1). Defendant was subsequently sentenced to thirty to eighty years on Count i, twenty-five to eighty years on Count ii, and twenty to eighty years on Count hi, with all sentences to run concurrently, but consecutive to defendant’s existing sentence. Defendant appeals as of right, claiming that the trial court erred in granting the prosecutor’s pretrial motion to prevent defendant from asserting the defense of duress and that…