Court Opinion

ID: 9738598
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:57:45.137514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:07.172134
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D. F. Walsh, J.
(dissenting). I must respectfully dissent. In my judgment in providing for increased terms of imprisonment for subsequent felony-firearm convictions it was the intent of the Legislature to discourage recidivism. The harsh sentencing consequences for subsequent offenders are meant for those who, having already served an additional two-year term of imprisonment for violation of the felony-firearm law, are not dissuaded from again pursuing the same course of conduct.
I would rule that despite the difference in language the felony-firearm act must be given the same interpretation as the habitual offender act and that the criminal activity supporting the subsequent conviction must have occurred after the prior conviction.
I would remand for resentencing.