People v. Muttscheler

Memorandum Opinion.

In this case, we are called on to interpret the intermediate-sanction sentencing statute, MCL 769.34(4)(a), and decide whether a defendant whose recommended minimum sentence range requires the imposition of an intermediate sanction may be sentenced to serve time in prison, rather than jail. The Court of Appeals held that, absent a departure supported by substantial and compelling reasons, a trial court may not impose an indeterminate prison sentence on a defendant for whom the sentencing guidelines require an intermediate sanction because an “intermediate sanction does not…