Court Opinion

ID: 9656328
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 19:46:35.888192+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:31.705690
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T. M. Burns, J.,
(dissenting in part, concurring in part). Respectfully, I dissent from the majority’s *639refusal to address sua sponte the question of whether defendant’s sentence should be amended to comply with the indeterminate sentencing standards of People v Tanner, 387 Mich 683; 199 NW2d 202 (1972).
In People v Langham, 101 Mich App 391; 300 NW2d 572 (1980), this Court held that the sentence of a person convicted of being an habitual offender should be indeterminate. Finding that the defendant in the case before it had not been sentenced in compliance with the two-thirds requirement of Tanner, this Court, in lieu of remanding for resentencing, corrected the defendant’s sentence to bring it into compliance with Tanner.
I would apply that remedy in this case. Although defendant did not raise this issue and neither party has briefed it, all facts necessary for its resolution are before this Court and the law on this issue is clear. For this reason, I would correct defendant’s sentence to five years, four months minimum to eight years maximum. People v Langham, supra, 398. I am in agreement with the majority’s resolution of the remainder of the issues before this Court in this appeal.