People v. Valentin

We granted leave to determine whether MCL 771.7(1); MSA 28.1137(1) and MCR 6.933(B)(1) require a trial court to sentence a juvenile defendant as to whom juvenile court jurisdiction was automatically waived, and who originally had been sentenced to juvenile probation, to a term of years after revocation of probation where the original offense carried a mandatory life sentence. We hold that a life sentence is not authorized, under MCL 771.7(1); MSA 28.1137(1) and MCR 6.933(B)(1). Rather, given that the statute authorizes the sentencing court to sen*4tence the juvenile defendant to “a term of…