PEOPLE v. WELCH

Docket No. 8,660.

25 Mich. App. 694 (1970)

181 N.W.2d 638

PEOPLE v. WELCH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Gerald M. Stevens, Prosecuting Attorney, and Raymond E. Basso, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

E. Thomas Fitzgerald, for defendant on appeal.

Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and DANHOF, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of breaking and entering, MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 28.305). The defendant was 18 years old at the time he was sentenced to a term of 7 to 10 years in prison.

On appeal the defendant argues that the sentence was a cruel and unusual punishment and a violation of the defendant's right to the equal protection of the laws.

The length of the sentence imposed on the defendant did...

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