Case Name: PEOPLE v. GREEN
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1981-08-18
Citations: 108 Mich. App. 750
Docket Number: Docket No. 53426
Parties: PEOPLE v GREEN
Judges: Before: Bashara, P.J., and T. M. Burns and Beasley, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 108
Pages: 750–753

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v GREEN
Docket No. 53426.
Submitted April 14, 1981, at Lansing.
Decided August 18, 1981.
Mark W. Green pled guilty in Jackson Circuit Court to a charge of armed robbery and was sentenced, James G. Fleming, J. Defendant appeals, contending that the trial court erred by failing to advise him that his plea was made under a recently enacted statute which did away with "good time” provisions for certain offenses, including armed robbery. Held:
There is no requirement, by court rule or statute, that a trial court must advise a defendant that "good time” is not available.
Affirmed.
T. M. Burns, J., dissented. He would hold that the court rules require that a defendant be told of the maximum and mandatory minimum sentence that he may receive as a result of a guilty plea and that, where consecutive sentencing or mandatory sentencing is ordered by statute, a defendant must be informed of that fact so that he has full knowledge of the true minimum time he will serve if he pleads guilty. He would vacate the guilty plea and remand for further proceedings.
Opinion op the Court
1. Criminal Law — Trial — Sentencing.
There is no requirement, by court rule or statute, that a trial court advise a defendant that "good time” is not available for the offense the defendant is charged with.
References for Points in Headnotes
21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law §§ 476, 535, 548.
Right to credit for time spent in custody prior to trial or sentence. 77 ALR3d 182.
21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law § 476.
Construction and application of Rule 11(c) of Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure, as amended in 1975, requiring court to give certain advice to defendant before accepting plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 41 ALR Fed 874.
Court’s duty to advise or admonish accused as to consequences of plea of guilty, or to determine that he is advised thereof. 97 ALR2d 549.
21 Am Jur 2d, Criminal Law § 552.
Dissent by T. M. Burns, J.
2. Criminal Law — Sentencing — Court Rules.
The applicable provisions of the court rule governing the taking of guilty pleas require that a defendant be told of the maximum and mandatory minimum sentence that he may receive as a result of pleading guilty; failure to give this information requires that a plea-based conviction be set aside (GCR 1963, 786.mm m
3. Criminal Law — Trial — Sentencing.
A criminal defendant, where consecutive or mandatory sentencing, or both, is ordered by statute, must be informed of that fact so that he has full knowledge of the true minimum time he will be required to serve if he pleads guilty.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Edward J. Grant, Prosecuting Attorney, and John L. Wildeboer, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.
Myron E. Sanderson, for defendant on appeal.
Before: Bashara, P.J., and T. M. Burns and Beasley, JJ.

Opinion:
Bashara, P.J.
Defendant appeals from a guilty plea conviction of armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797.
Defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to advise him that his plea was made under MCL 791.233b; MSA 28.2303(3). That recently enacted statute did away with "good time" provisions for certain offenses, including armed robbery.
There is no requirement, by court rule or statute, that the court advise defendant that "good time" is not available. People v Richards, 106 Mich App 16; 307 NW2d 692 (1981). This contention is without merit.
We have examined defendant's other allegations of error and find that they are frivolous.
Affirmed.
Beasley, J., concurred.