People v. Waterman

Defendant pled guilty to uttering and publishing, MCL 750.249; MSA 28.446, and was sentenced to 1-1/2 to 14 years’ imprisonment, the sentence to run consecutively to a 5- to 99-year prison sentence which he was serving in the State of Texas. He appeals as of right.

Defendant contends that the trial court had no authority to impose a consecutive sentence in this case. We do not agree. A consecutive sentence may not be imposed in Michigan except when specifically authorized by statute. In re Carey, 372 Mich 378; 126 NW2d 727 (1964); People v Williams, 89 Mich App 633; 280 NW2d 617 (1979), lv den…