People v. Pulley

James Corzel Pulley was charged with one count of unlawful delivery of heroin and one count of conspiracy to deliver heroin. He pled guilty of attempted possession with intent to deliver heroin,1 and was sentenced to serve six to ten years imprisonment.

Pulley appealed, raising one issue: whether his *527sentence should be vacated because he was not present at an in-chambers, off-the-record presentence conference between the sentencing judge and Pulley’s attorney. The Court of Appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion.2 We granted leave to appeal.

I

At the outset of the in-court sentencing…