Court Opinion

ID: 9574165
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:02:54.576949+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:09.559116
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Reilly, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I dissent with respect to the majority’s determination that the sentence of 80 to 120 years of imprisonment is proportionate to the offense and the offender. The minimum sentence is four times the guidelines’ maximum of twenty years. It will effectively be a far more severe sentence than a life term. While the crime was admittedly horrendous, I cannot agree that a minimum of eighty years for a conviction of assault with intent to commit murder, even when the victim is a police officer, is an appropriate sentence. In People v Phillips (On Rehearing), 203 Mich App 287; 512 NW2d 62 (1994), cited by the majority, the majority opinion reversed a sentence of 65 to 150 years of imprisonment for the second-degree murder of a police officer. In this case the minimum sentence imposed is fifteen years more for a lesser crime.
I would remand for resentencing.