Court Opinion

ID: 9743085
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:25:19.330194+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:39.219149
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M. J. Kelly, J.
(dissenting). I would follow the logic of People v Henry, 107 Mich App 632, 637; 309 NW2d 922 (1981), and hold that "defendant must be apprehended on the warrant before disposition of the charge can be considered pending within the meaning of MCL 768.7b; MSA 28.1030(2)”.
The majority distinguishes this case from Henry on the basis of the "investigator’s description of offense”, part of the "predisposition investigation” analysis appended to the Oakland County presentence report:
"This writer talked with the defendant, Kenneth Duncan Waterman, at the Oakland County Jail in regards to this instant offense. He was cooperative in providing information relating to the offense and admission of responsibility of the criminal act. Reportedly, Mr. Waterman stated that he had lived together with the complainant, Mr. King, when Mr. King was busted for a cocaine charge and lodged at the Oakland County Jail. At that time, he states that he and Sheryl Kinney, *657talked him into writing an account [sic] from King’s account. He reports taking only one check and writing it for the amount of twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars, cashing it at the Community National Bank. He reportedly stated that he was drunk at the time of this offense. He reports waking up the next morning, Sheryl Kinney informing him that the police were looking for him. He states at that time, he left the State of Michigan to Missouri * *
Such a flimsy connection to the "element of notice”, found by both the Henry Court and the majority here to be a requirement of consecutive sentencing, is far too tenuous for my consumption. I would follow People v Henry and remand for concurrent sentencing.