People v. Benson

On February 8, 1984, defendant pled guilty to three counts of uttering and publishing, MCL 750.249; MSA 28.446. He was sentenced on March 21, 1984, to concurrent terms of from 7 to 14 years’ incarceration. He appeals as of right challenging the allocation of points pursuant to the Michigan Sentencing Manual. We affirm.

At sentencing, defense counsel objected to the scoring of several of the offense variables. He explained his position and then, in turn, the court gave its rationale for the point scores. On appeal defendant challenges the scoring of Fraud Offense Variable 8,…