People v. Grier

On October 27, 1981, defendant pled guilty to armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, before Oakland Circuit Judge Farrell E. Roberts, who sentenced him to ten to twenty years in prison. On June 1, 1984, pursuant to a subsequent motion by defendant, Judge Roberts’s successor, Oakland Circuit Judge Fred M. Mester, resentenced defendant to six to twenty years in prison. The prosecutor appeals by leave granted.

The first issue we address is whether this appeal is properly before us.

In People v Cooke, 419 Mich 420, 427; 355 NW2d 88 (1984), our Supreme Court held that appeals by prosecutors in…