Court Opinion

ID: 9720235
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 08:21:40.330371+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:14.528223
License: Public Domain

Holbrook, J.
{dissenting). This writer is unable to agree with the majority opinion. The ruling calling for remand for sentence is apparently based on the prevailing opinion in the case of People v. Earegood (1968), 12 Mich App 256. After careful reading of that opinion, it is readily discernible that it is significantly distinguishable on its facts from the instant case. People v. Earegood, supra, dealt with overt action on the part of the trial judge which suggested that those who pleaded not guilty and were ultimately found guilty were to be dealt with more severely than those who pleaded guilty.
*521In the instant case, defendant pleaded not guilty and is now arguing that he was denied his right to a jury trial because he could conceivably have received a lesser minimum sentence if he had pleaded guilty. But, in the instant case, defendant had a jury trial and what he is complaining about is the sentence he received as the result of his conviction in the jury trial. Another reason making it impossible for this writer to concur with the majority opinion, is the fact that it is based upon an affidavit filed in this Court, but not a part of the record in the case, setting forth the purported dispositions of similar cases for a period of time in Jackson County, Michigan.
Such a record may be made in an original proceeding in an appellate court for superintending control, but is hardly the proper subject in an individual appeal case such as the one before us.
The trial judge, as well as the jury, heard the testimony concerning the offense and was fully informed concerning the background of the defendant by reason of the presentence investigation report. It is difficult for me to understand how a sentence of two to five years1 under these circumstances could be held to be improper. The balance of the opinion of the majority constitutes a proper ruling on the matters there. I would affirm without remand for sentencing.

 MCLA § 750.193 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.390). The penalty is “not more than 5 years” imprisonment,