People v. Miles
Michigan Supreme Court
1DissentBoyle, J.
{dissenting).
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While I agree with the majority that “a sentencing court need not consider the length of a consecutive or concurrent mandatory sentence when setting an indeterminate sentence,” ante at 95, I dissent from the majority’s decision that “the trial court erred when it modified defendant’s felony-firearm sentence and implicitly resentenced defendant to the same prison term for armed robbery sua sponte and without a resentencing hearing.” Ante at 100.
While the trial court may choose to treat the omission as a material factor and resentence in that event, it is not error to fail to do…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- People v. TriplettMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- In Re Dana JenkinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. MaxsonMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. CorlinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980