People v. Hill

Defendant appeals by delayed leave granted, with the issue “limited to the question whether the parole board’s ‘life means life’ policy violates the Ex Post Facto Clause, U.S. Const, art I, § 10, cl 1.” After review de novo of this question of law, we conclude that there is no such violation. See People v Westman, 262 Mich App 184, 187; 685 NW2d 423 (2004).

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery in 1976. It appears that the sentencing judge gave defendant a choice of sentences, either a term of forty to sixty years’ imprisonment or a parolable life term. Apparently, defendant’s counsel…