People v. McKnight

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of armed robbery. The armed robbery statute, MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797, provides that the offense is "punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years”. Defendant contends that the quoted language establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison and that the trial judge erred reversibly when he advised the defendant that the minimum sentence would be one year in prison. We disagree.

While we acknowledge that the early case of People v Burridge, 99 Mich 343; 58 NW 319 (1894), supports defendant’s…