People v. Kimble

Defendant appeals as of right from his bench trial conviction of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. The trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive prison terms of thirty to seventy years for the second-degree murder conviction and two years for the felony-firearm conviction. We affirm defendant’s convictions, but remand for resentencing.

*272In this disturbing case, defendant shot and killed twenty-three-year-old Monique Trotty in an effort to steal the wheel rims from her fiancé’s car. Defendant argues that the trial…