People v. Butler

STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, FOR PUBLICATION June 2, 2016 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 327430 Ogemaw Circuit Court RODNEY CHARLES BUTLER, LC No. 14-004337-FH Defendant-Appellant. Before: GLEICHER, P.J., and SAWYER and M. J. KELLY, JJ. GLEICHER, P.J. (dissenting). A defendant’s sentence is calculated by scoring offense and prior record variables. Prior record variables appraise a defendant’s history of criminal convictions. The higher the PRV score, the longer the potential sentence range. This approach comports with one of the principles of proportionality…