People v. Jones

GCR 1963, 785.7(1) provides in part:

"Speaking directly to the defendant, the court shall tell him:

"(b) the maximum possible prison sentence for the offense;

"(d) the mandatory minimum prison sentence, if any, for the offense.”

These cases all involve, in varying degrees, a failure to comply with this rule. We adhere to the position announced in 1975 1 and reiterated in 1977 2 that a failure to comply with Rule 785.7(1), subds (b) and (d) requires that the resulting plea-based conviction be set aside. While it is clear that each of these guilty pleas involved "sentence bargaining” during which…