People v. Houston

The defendant challenges his sentence on the grounds that the sentence is disproportional and that the trial court violated the attorney-client privilege. We find that the defendant’s sentence does not violate the requirements of People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630; 461 NW2d 1 (1990), and that the sentencing judge did not violate the defendant’s attorney-client privilege. Therefore, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.1

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FACTS

Upon discovering that the mother of his three female first cousins would be out of town at a funeral, the defendant persuaded the oldest cousin to allow him to…