People v. Hughes

Defendant was convicted by a jury of delivery of less than fifty grams of a substance containing cocaine. MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(iv); MSA 14.15(7401) (2)(a)(iv). Defendant was also charged as a second offender under MCL 333.7413(2); MSA 14.15(7413)(2). Defendant was sentenced to eight to forty years in prison, to run consecutively to a ten-year sentence he received in the federal court system. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence as of right and we affirm.

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After being arrested for the instant charge, defendant was released from custody. Less than a month after being released, defendant…