People v. Chambers

MCL 768.7b; MSA 28.1030(2) of the Michigan Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes consecutive sentencing where a defendant commits a felony while free on bond for a prior felony charge.1 This Court granted plaintiff leave to appeal to determine whether the code’s qualified grant of consecutive sentencing authority extends to the trial court first in time to render sentence. We hold that MCL 768.7b; MSA 28.1030(2) accords the prerogative of consecutive sentencing solely to the court last in time to impose sentence. We affirm the Court of Appeals finding that the first-in-time sentencing court…