Court Opinion

ID: 9888609
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 19:37:53.023806+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:49:53.894372
License: Public Domain

Markman, J. (concurring).
  

   I concur in the order denying leave to appeal. However, I write separately to, once again, "call to the attention of the Legislature what I believe may be the effective nullification of its mandatory minimum sentence for certain first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC-I) offenses set forth in MCL 750.520b(2)(b)."
   
    People v. Keefe
   
   ,
   
    498 Mich. 962
   
   , 962,
   
    872 N.W.2d 688
   
   (2015) ( MARKMAN , J., concurring). In the present case, defendant was alleged to have engaged in penetration with a person under 13 years of age. Prior to trial, defendant waived his right to a jury trial in exchange for the prosecutor's promise not to pursue the 25-year mandatory minimum sentence that is required for a conviction under MCL 750.520b(2)(b). Defendant was subsequently convicted of two counts of CSC-I and was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of 10 to 30 years, in accordance with the agreement between defendant and the prosecutor. I continue to believe that as a result of prosecutor-defendant agreements such as this one, "there is no longer any real mandatory minimum sentence for the class of criminal sexual conduct offenses at issue-those involving interactions between persons 17 years of age or older and those under the age of 13."
   
    Keefe
   
   ,
   
    498 Mich. at 965
   
   ,
   
    872 N.W.2d 688
   
   ( MARKMAN , J., concurring). Once again, the Legislature may or may not wish to "review MCL 750.520b(2)(b) to ascertain whether the outcome of this case is in accordance with its intentions."
   

     Id.