People v. Williams

While serving a 330-day jail sentence for domestic violence, defendant decided to trade marijuana for a candy bar. Unfortunately for defendant, the other inmate involved in the trade acted as an informant for jail officials. As a result, defendant was charged with and convicted of being a prisoner in possession of a controlled substance, MCL 801.263(2), and delivery of marijuana, MCL 333.7401(1) and (2)(d)(iii). Defendant was sentenced as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to 34 months to 30 years’ imprisonment for the prisoner-in-possession conviction and 34 months to 15 years’…