Court Opinion

ID: 9698815
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:00:34.33849+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:43.569420
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*583V. J. Brennan, P.J.,
(dissenting). I respectfully disagree with my colleagues. The majority says the sentencing judge had a misconceived notion that the conviction by plea to conspiracy to commit armed robbery, MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1), MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, was nonprobationable. The sentencing judge is correct.
The conspiracy statute under which defendant pled guilty, among other things, says "the person convicted under this section shall be punished by a penalty equal to that which could be imposed if he had been convicted of committing the crime he conspired to commit”. (Emphasis added.)
The armed robbery statute, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, sets forth the punishment for conviction to be imprisonment for life or for any term of years. Probation cannot be imposed for robbery armed and because the conspiracy statute is a "shall” statute the same applies. The trial judge must impose a sentence with a minimum of one year or more.