People v. Perryman

In this case of first impression, defendant appeals as of right from his plea-based convictions of absconding and forfeiting bond in a criminal proceeding, MCL 750.119a; MSA 28.396(1), and being a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084. Defendant was sentenced to one year in the county jail, the sentence to be served concurrently to the sentence he was then serving. On appeal, defendant claims that his convictions should be overturned, since the absconding and forfeiting statute applies only to persons charged with a felony and awaiting trial and not to those, such as…