Legal Opinion
People v. Reynolds
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 7, 1989No. Docket 112255PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant pled guilty to breaking and entering an occupied dwelling with intent to commit larceny, MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305. He was sentenced to lVi to 15 years imprisonment, to be served concurrently with sentences previously imposed in four other cases. The people appeal this sentence.
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The threshold issue in this case is whether MCL 770.12; MSA 28.1109, as amended by 1988 PA 66, grants the prosecution the authority to appeal a sentence as of right. We conclude that it does.
In People v Cooke, 419 Mich 420, 427; 355 NW2d 88 (1984), the Supreme Court held that the people do not have a right to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. ColesMichigan Supreme Court · 1983
- United States v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cortez Miller v. Dennis M. Straub, Warden, Kermit Eldridge Haynes v. Luella Burke, Warden, Saginaw Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- People v. Carlos JonesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1993
- Dashawn Lyons v. Andrew Jackson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- People v. AlexanderMichigan Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. HenryMichigan Court of Appeals · 2002
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