Court Opinion

ID: 9685215
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Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:26:23.115923+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:03.360449
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M. J. Kelly, J.
(dissenting). Two cases are consolidated for this appeal.
*191Defendant was bound over for trial after a preliminary examination was held on January 7, 1977, for the crime of receiving or concealing stolen property over $100 on January 1, 1977; specifically a Ford automobile (Docket No. 77-1859). MCL 750.535; MSA 28.803. On February 14, 1977, defendant was bound over for trial for a similar crime which occurred on February 6, 1977, involving a Pontiac automobile (Docket No. 77-1858). On April 19, 1977, defendant pled guilty to both offenses in the Recorder’s Court for the City of Detroit. The trial court accepted his plea of guilty in both cases, and sentenced defendant to serve "five years flat” on both charges. The sentences were to run consecutively. Defendant appeals asserting that under People v Tanner, 387 Mich 683; 199 NW2d 202 (1972), the trial court erred by not setting a minimum sentence.
The Tanner "two-thirds” rule does not apply to the defendant since he has been previously convicted of a felony. For the reasons set forth in People v Malchi White, 81 Mich App 226; 265 NW2d 100 (1978), I would hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant to a term of five years without setting a minimum term in the present case.
I would affirm.