Case Name: PEOPLE v. RAYMOND WILLIAMS
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1969-03-28
Citations: 16 Mich. App. 673
Docket Number: Docket No. 4,384
Parties: PEOPLE v. RAYMOND WILLIAMS
Judges: BEFORE: Holbrook, P. J., and Fitzgerald and T. M. Burns, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 16
Pages: 673–674

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v. RAYMOND WILLIAMS
Appeal from Genesee, Stewart A. Newblatt, J.
Submitted Division 2 March 4, 1969, at Grand Rapids.
(Docket No. 4,384.)
Decided March 28, 1969.
Raymond Williams was convicted of armed robbery. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengo ski, Solicitor General, Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, and Donald A. Kuebler, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Harry 8. Sherwin, for defendant on appeal.
BEFORE: Holbrook, P. J., and Fitzgerald and T. M. Burns, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
On June 27, 1967, defendant was sentenced to a term of 5-1/2 to 15 years imprisonment, having been found guilty by a jury of armed robbery contrary to CLS 1961, § 750.529 (Stat Ann 1969 Cum Supp § 28.797). The claim of appeal raises a single contention, i.e., that the sentence is invalid because the minimum exceeds one-half of the maximum contrary to PA 1905, No 184. A motion to affirm has been filed on the ground that defendant's claim that the sentence of 5-1/2 to 15 years in prison is improper under the provisions of PA 1905, No 184, § 3 is lacking in merit for the reason that the statute has been superseded by the present statute, CLS 1961, § 769.9 (Stat Ann 1969 Cum Supp § 28.1081), and further that the sentence of 5-1/2 to 15 years for armed robbery was proper and cannot be disturbed. People v. Pate (1965), 2 Mich App 66.
We find that the question presented is unsubstantial and requires no formal argument or submission.
Affirmed.
Obviously, the 5-1/2-year minimum sentence is less than one-half of the 15-year maximum, so that the sentence would not be improper oven under the old statute.