Court Opinion

ID: 9693551
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:49:35.400908+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:48.387133
License: Public Domain

N. J. Kaufman, P.J.
(concurring). I reluctantly concur. The Code of Criminal Procedure, MCL 760.1 et seq.; MSA 28.841 et seq., of which the habitual offender statute is a part, defines felony as "an offense for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by death or by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony”. MCL 761.1(g); MSA 28.843(g).
Attempted larceny in a building may be punished by two years in prison, MCL 750.360; MSA 28.592, MCL 750.503; MSA 28.771, MCL 750.92; MSA 28.287. Therefore, attempted larceny in a building is a felony for purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the habitual offender statute. See People v Rosecrants, 88 Mich App 667; 278 NW2d 713 (1979), People v Hooks, 89 Mich App 124; 279 NW2d 598 (1979).
Alternatively, the habitual offender statute covers "A person who * * * [has] been three times convicted within this state of felonies or attempts to commit felonies”. MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084.
Even if we label attempted larceny in a building a misdemeanor, see MCL 750.92; MSA 28.287, the habitual offender statute refers to felonies and all attempts to commit felonies. The statute does not distinguish between those attempts which are *596themselves misdemeanors and those which are felonies. Further, if the Legislature meant to include in the statute only those attempts which were labelled felonies in the penal code, MCL 750.1 et seq.; MSA 28.191 et seq., there was no need to add the phrase "or attempts to commit felonies” when they had already included felonies. Therefore, the language of the habitual offender statute requires me to conclude that all attempts to commit felonies, whether themselves misdemeanors or felonies, are covered by the statute.