Court Opinion

ID: 9688329
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 17:43:34.385089+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:37.536705
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Michael J. Kelly, P.J.
(dissenting). Defendant was sentenced on May 15, 1990, before the Supreme Court’s decision in People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630; 461 NW2d 1 (1990). The guidelines’ longest minimum term was set at five years; defendant was sentenced to an eight-year minimum. The majority applies the standard set by Milbourn and finds the sentence proportional. I think the trial court should apply the principles set forth in Milbourn in the first instance and decide whether the sentence is proportional. Unless the record is clear beyond peradventure that the sentence was indeed proportional, there is usually some degree of subjective sentencing philosophy involved.
The trial court justified the deviation from the guidelines by finding defendant the ringleader visa-vis the actual shooter, Darryl Taylor. No mention was made of Perry Williams who, defendant asserts, kept most of the $900 from the robbery, giving Taylor and defendant only $10 to $15 each. While it is true, as the prosecution points out, that the scoring of Offense Variable 9 was presented to the court and the court upheld the scoring, that in and of itself does not justify the court’s decision to exceed the guidelines. The trial court was not given the opportunity to apply Milbourn, which, I *311believe, should be addressed in that forum in order that the parties may provide input on the issues and the sentencing judge may rule accordingly on an informed basis.
I would remand for resentencing.