People v. Peltola

This case presents the question whether scoring prior record variables (PRVs) when calculating a defendant’s recommended minimum sentence range under the statutory sentencing guidelines is improper when a defendant’s minimum and maximum sentences may be enhanced pursuant to MCL 333.7413(2). The sentence enhancement in MCL 333.7413(2) falls under the purview of MCL 777.21(4), and, therefore, the answer necessarily turns on the language .of MCL 777.21, which sets forth the instructions for calculating a defendant’s minimum sentence range. Reading all the *177provisions of this statute together, and…