Legal Opinion
People v. Justice
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1996No. Docket 170619PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
Defendant pleaded guilty of first-degree retail fraud, MCL 750.356c; MSA 28.588(3), and of being a second-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.10; MSA 28.1082. He was sentenced to eighteen to thirty-six months of imprisonment and now appeals as of right. We affirm.
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Defendant shoplifted goods worth less than $100. That conduct would normally support only a conviction of second-degree retail fraud, MCL 750.356d; MSA 28.588(4). However, under Michigan law, when a *635defendant has a prior conviction of certain enumerated theft offenses,1 second-degree retail fraud is elevated to first-degree and the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Moran v. BurbineSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
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