Legal Opinion
Pickens v. Howes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 2, 2008No. 07-1266, 08-1264PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Chief Judge.
While in jail on concealed-weapon and automobile-theft charges, James Pickens pleaded guilty in 1981 to prison escape and second-degree murder. See Mich. Comp. Laws § § 750.193, 750.317. Under the terms of his plea agreement, the escape and murder sentences were to be served concurrently with one another and consecutively with his earlier sentence. Unbeknownst to the defendant, prosecutors, or the court, Michigan law requires that any escape conviction be served consecutive to all other sentences. When the state trial court discovered the error, rather than allowing…
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