People v. Shannon

On his plea of guilty, defendant was convicted of assaulting an employee of a place of confinement, MCL 750.197c; MSA 28.394(3). A plea bargain in the case resulted in the dismissal of two assault charges and dismissal of a fourth-felony offender charge. MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084. Defendant appeals as of right.

On appeal, defendant claims that his conviction should be reversed because the trial judge misinformed him of the maximum sentence for the offense to which he was pleading. Defendant was told twice that the maximum sentence for his offense was five years; it is, in fact, four years. See…