Court Opinion

ID: 9664459
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:19:21.058821+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:06.475939
License: Public Domain

Danhof, C.J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I dissent from part m of the majority opinion. As noted by the majority People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630; 461 NW2d 1 (1990), clearly applies to this case. Milbourn placed considerable emphasis on the sentencing guidelines in assessing whether a trial court comported with the principle of proportionality. The trial court in this case exceeded the guidelines. For this reason alone, I would remand this case to permit the parties to argue the proportionality standard and to permit the trial court to resentence defendant in light of Milbourn. Until the trial court has the opportunity to apply Milbourn, I would not intimate any opinion regarding whether defendant’s sentence comported with or violated the principle of proportionality.