People v. Cotton

Defendant, who was placed on probation after pleading nolo contendere to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b(1)(a); MSA 28.788(2)(1)(a), pleaded guilty to violating his probation by committing subsequent crimes. Defendant received concurrent eight- to twenty-year sentences on the underlying criminal sexual conduct offenses. Defendant now challenges the scoring of the guidelines for the underlying offense and the proportionality of his sentences. We affirm.

We first note that the guidelines do not apply to probation violations. People v Peters, 191 Mich App 159; 477…