People v. Babcock

Defendant was charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b; MSA 28.788(2), involving his twelve-year-old “cousin.” In exchange for defendant pleading guilty of two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520c; MSA 28.788(3), the prosecutor dropped the first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge. Although the legislatively created sentencing guidelines range for the minimum appropriate sentence was thirty-six to seventy-one months, the trial court sentenced defendant to three years’ probation, with the first year to be served in jail. All but…