Court Opinion

ID: 9702139
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 22:56:28.418243+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:33.937079
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D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P.J.
(dissenting). I dissent from the majority’s holding that a mandatory life sentence for conviction of conspiracy to deliver over 650 grams of cocaine does not constitute cruel or unusual punishment in violation of US Const, Am VIII, or Const 1963, art 1, § 16. Instead, I adopt the thorough and persuasive dissent of Judge M. J. Kelly in People v Harman, 124 Mich App 93, 101-106; 333 NW2d 591 (1983), lv den 417 Mich 1100.45 (1983).