People v. Palmerton

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, third offense, MCL 257.625; MSA 9.2325, and transporting an opened container of intoxicants in an automobile, MCL 436.34a; MSA lS.lOOSfl). Defendant was released on bond and failed to appear for sentencing. The court sentenced defendant in absentia to three to five years in prison for the ouil offense. When defendant was later brought before the court for sentencing on a probation violation for an unrelated offense, the court, in lieu of resentencing defendant on the earlier…