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PEOPLE v. BLYTHE

Docket Nos. 68461, 69292. (Calendar Nos. 13, 14).

417 Mich. 430 (1983)

339 N.W.2d 399

PEOPLE v. BLYTHE PEOPLE v. LUKE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Robert H. Cleland, Prosecuting Attorney, and Peter R. George, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people in Blythe.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Edward Reilly Wilson, Deputy Chief, Civil and Appeals, Timothy A. Baughman, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, and Carolyn Schmidt, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Luke.

State Appellate Defender (by Chari C. Grove) for defendant Blythe.

Irving Tukel for defendant Luke.

BOYLE, J.

In these consolidated cases, we granted leave to determine whether the phrase "for life or for any term of years" in the armed robbery statute refers to the mandatory minimum sentence to be imposed.

Defendant Luke pled guilty to a charge of armed robbery and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of six months to four years. Under MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, armed robbery is punishable by imprisonment "for life or for any term of years". The people...

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