People v. Wilcox

*62Kelly, C.J.

At issue in this case is whether the legislative sentencing guidelines1 apply to defendant’s 10-year minimum sentence imposed under MCL 750.520f, the repeat criminal sexual conduct (CSC) offender statute. In deciding the issue, we must also determine what constitutes the “mandatory minimum” sentence referred to in MCL 750.520f(l), which requires a minimum sentence of “at least 5 years.”

Defendant contends that the statute’s mandate is simply 5 years, whereas the prosecution contends that the statute mandates any minimum sentence of 5 years or more. If we accept defendant’s argument,…