Legal Opinion
People v. Stokes
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 8, 2015No. Docket 321303PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, C.J.
Christopher Wayne Stokes appeals as of right his convictions by jury of carjacking 1 and armed robbery. 2 The trial court sentenced Stokes as a second-offense habitual offender 3 to concurrent terms of 18 to 30 years’ imprisonment for each conviction. We affirm Stokes’s convictions, but remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. FACTS
Stokes’s convictions arise out of a carjacking that occurred near midnight on July 10, 2013. That night, Charles Jones drove into his driveway in Detroit. Stokes appeared and ordered Jones to hand over his car keys and cell phone. According to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- People v. CarinesMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- People v. TerrellMichigan Court of Appeals · 2015
- People of Michigan v. Justin Duane HowardMichigan Court of Appeals · 2018
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