People v. VanderMel

Defendant, Phillip E. VanderMel, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520c(l)(b); MSA 28.788(3)(l)(b), and criminal sexual conduct — second offense. MCL 750.520f; MSA 28.788(6). 1 He was sentenced to a prison term of from five to fifteen years on these convictions. That sentence was vacated, however, because defendant also pleaded guilty to being an habitual (second) felony offender. MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082. 2 His final sentence was for from 7 to 22 Vi years imprisonment. _

Defendant argues on appeal, as he did in the circuit court, that he has been impermissibly…