People v. Lodge

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797. On the following day, he pled guilty to being an habitual offender, fourth offense, MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084. He was sentenced to from ten to fifteen years in prison. However, this sentence was later vacated and the judge imposed a prison term of from eighteen to fifty years. Defendant appeals as of right.

Defendant’s conviction arose out of an armed robbery at the Ypsilanti home of Byron Miller on June 18, 1984. A "be-on-the-lookout” bulletin was subsequently transmitted over police radio describing the…