People v. Lucey

Defendant appeals by delayed leave granted the sentence of 17 to 30 months in prison imposed on his plea-based conviction of attempted third-degree fleeing and eluding, MCL 257.602a(3). We affirm defendant’s convictions 2 but remand for resentencing or rearticulation of a substantial and compelling reason for departing from the sentencing guidelines.

The sentencing guidelines recommended a minimum term of 5 to 17 months. 3 The trial court sentenced defendant to 17 to 30 months in prison to run consecutively to the sentence for which defendant was serving parole at the time he committed the…