Court Opinion

ID: 9390657
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-28 05:08:01.229246+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:36.000204
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                  revision until final publication in the Michigan Appeals Reports.

                           STATE OF MICHIGAN

                            COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                      UNPUBLISHED
                                                                      April 27, 2023
               Plaintiff-Appellee,

v                                                                     No. 359727
                                                                      Manistee Circuit Court
GAIL ANN GUZIKOWSKI,                                                  LC No. 97-002707-FC

               Defendant-Appellant.

Before: CAMERON, P.J., and JANSEN and BORRELLO, JJ.

JANSEN, J. (concurring)

        I concur in the result reached by the majority only, and write separately to clarify that the
trial court had no basis to make the $69,838 restitution award of child support, medical expenses,
and college tuition to the decedent’s ex-wife and children. These individuals do not meet the
definition of “victim” under MCL 780.766(1) under the version of the statute in effect at the time
of resentencing, and no provision in MCL 780.766(4) allows for such restitution to be awarded.
Therefore, I do not believe that a remand to the trial court for further proceedings is necessary, and
I would vacate the award of restitution.

                                                              /s/ Kathleen Jansen

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