Opinion ID: 848643
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Application of Babcock to defendant's postprobation violation sentence.

Text: Although the trial court considered several reasons for its upward departure, it did not sufficiently articulate its reasons on the record, because it believed that Babcock did not apply to sentences imposed after revocation of probation. Some of the trial court's reasons were already considered in scoring the prior record variables and offense variables. [10] Some of the trial court's reasons, however, were not considered in connection with the prior record variables and offense variables, such as defendant's intent to explode the Molotov cocktail in order to harm his sister. Further, the trial court did not consider the circumstances surrounding defendant's probation violationdefendant's possession of a shotgun while walking down the street near his sister's homein scoring the variables. The Court of Appeals erroneously implied that all of defendant's conduct noted by the trial court was considered in scoring the prior record variables and offense variables. Because of this erroneous conclusion and because the trial court did not apply the legislative sentencing guidelines in imposing defendant's sentence, we remand this case to the trial court for resentencing. Upon resentencing, the trial court may consider whether the conduct underlying defendant's probation violation constitutes a substantial and compelling reason to depart from the legislative sentencing guidelines.