Legal Opinion
People v. Davis
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1989No. Docket 116262PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, J.
Defendant Larry Fitzpatrick Davis pled guilty to second-degree murder, MCL 750.317; MSA 28.549, arising from an incident of October 12, 1984. The trial court sentenced defendant on November 21, 1988, to life imprisonment, using the revised Michigan Sentencing Guidelines, Second Edition. The revised guidelines recommended an increased minimum sentence range for the offense. On appeal as of right, defendant challenges the constitutionality of the trial court’s retroactive application of the revised guidelines.
Initially, we note that defendant failed to raise this issue in the trial court. As a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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