People v. Tanner

Charged with first-degree murder, defendant pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the fifth day of trial. He was thereafter sentenced to serve 14 years, 11 months to 15 years in prison. The Court of Appeals denied defendant’s application for leave January 6, 1971. We granted leave. 384 Mich 825 (1971).

Defendant presents three issues for review which attack the sentence imposed as: (1) an abuse of discretion; (2) cruel or unusual punishment; and (3) a violation of due process.

By their 1902 amendment of the Constitution of 1850, the people first provided the legislature with the power to establish…