Case Name: PEOPLE v. REEVES
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1985-05-20
Citations: 143 Mich. App. 105
Docket Number: Docket No. 79742
Parties: PEOPLE v REEVES
Judges: Before: Cynar, P.J., and D. E. Holbrook, Jr., and R. L. Tahvonen, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 143
Pages: 105–107

Head Matter:
PEOPLE v REEVES
Docket No. 79742.
Submitted March 12, 1985, at Detroit.
Decided May 20, 1985.
Michael Reeves was convicted on his plea of guilty of larceny from a person, Recorder’s Court of Detroit, Evelyn K. Cooper, J. Defendant was sentenced to two years probation with the first six months to be served in the Detroit House of Correction. After serving the six months and being released, defendant continually failed to report to his probation officer, as required by the order of probation, and was arrested and charged with probation violation. Defendant was convicted on his plea of guilty to probation violation and was sentenced to five to ten years in prison. Defendant appealed. Held:
1. A sentencing information report need not be prepared prior to imposing sentence for violation of an order of probation.
2. The sentencing court sufficiently articulated the reasons for the sentence imposed. The failure to comply with conditions of an order of probation may be considered by a sentencing court in determining the sentence to be imposed upon a conviction for probation violation. The exercise by a sentencing court of its discretion in determining an appropriate sentence will not be overturned on appeal unless the sentence imposed shocks the conscience of the reviewing court.
3. The defendant was not denied his right to allocation.
Affirmed.
1. Criminal Law — Sentencing — Sentencing Information Report — Probation Violation.
A sentencing information report is not required to be prepared when imposing sentence in probation violation situations.
2. Criminal Law — Sentencing — Probation Violation — Appeal.
A sentencing court may properly consider a criminal defendant’s lack of compliance with the conditions imposed in an order of probation in determining the appropriate sentence to be imposed upon conviction for probation violation; the Court of Appeals will not interfere with the sentencing court’s exercise of its discretion unless the sentence imposed shocks the conscience of the Court.
References for Points in Headnotes
61 Am Jur 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers § 27.
61 Am Jur 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers § 28.
2 Am Jur 2d, Administrative Law § 412.
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O’Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, and Brian Marzec, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.
Bernstein, Rabinovitz & Gurwin (by Stephen R. Bernstein), for defendant.
Before: Cynar, P.J., and D. E. Holbrook, Jr., and R. L. Tahvonen, JJ.
Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.

Opinion:
D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.
Defendant pled guilty to a charge of larceny from a person, MCL 750.357; MSA 28.589. He was sentenced on January 28, 1983, to two years probation with the first six months to be served in the Detroit House of Correction. After six months he was duly released and ordered to report to his probation officer every two weeks. Defendant continually failed to report as required and was arrested for violating his probation. He pled guilty to the probation violation and on April 17, 1984, was sentenced to five to ten years imprisonment. He appeals as of right.
On appeal, defendant contends he is entitled to resentencing by reason of the fact that the sentencing guidelines were not utilized when he was sentenced for his probation violation, that the record does not reflect sufficient justification for the sentence, and that the sentencing judge interfered with his right to allocution. We disagree and affirm.
Turning to the Sentencing Guideline Manual, Section 1, we find that a probation violation is listed as an offense that does not require completion of a sentencing information report (SIR). Hence, we hold a SIR to be unnecessary when a defendant is being sentenced for an actual probation violation. A review of the SIR and all the factors to be included reveals that the guidelines are not equipped to deal with probation violations. There is no method provided for the inclusion of the conduct that resulted in the probation violation in the computation of the sentence. The SIR would look identical on both dates: when probation was first imposed and when the probation was violated. Accordingly, we will not require a SIR in probation violation situations.
Defendant also complains that the trial judge did not articulate sufficient reasons for the sentence in accordance with People v Coles, 417 Mich 523; 339 NW2d 440 (1983). We disagree. The judge, being dissatisfied with the defendant's lack of compliance with his probation conditions and feeling a need to protect society and to discipline defendant, imposed a 5- to 10-year sentence. Our conscience is not shocked with the sentence imposed. People v Terrell, 134 Mich App 19, 26-27; 349 NW2d 810 (1984).
Defendant also contends that the sentencing judge improperly interfered with his right to allocution under GCR 1963, 785.8(2). Again, we disagree. One interruption by the trial judge does not constitute interference. As defendant had just violated his probation, the trial judge was within her rights to tell defendant she was not going to place him on probation again. Defendant was allowed and even encouraged to speak.
Affirmed.