Court Opinion

ID: 9673863
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:19:30.112844+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:47:27.278603
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M. J. Kelly, P.J.
(dissenting). I dissent for the reasons cited in Judge Kaufman’s dissent in People v Drake Johnson, 85 Mich App 752; 272 NW2d 599 (1978), and in People v Mitchell, 85 Mich App 757; 272 NW2d 601 (1978).
I believe two convictions on identical proofs through the use of separate counts violates the prohibition against double jeopardy in the Michigan and Federal Constitutions. I would find defendant’s guilty plea involuntary, set it aside and remand for trial on the armed robbery charge only.