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PEOPLE v. CHAMBERS

Docket Nos. 78504, 78734, (Calendar No. 6).

430 Mich. 217 (1988)

421 N.W.2d 903

PEOPLE v. CHAMBERS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, William A. Forsyth, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

James R. Rinck for the defendant.

ARCHER, J.

MCL 768.7b; MSA 28.1030(2) of the Michigan Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes consecutive sentencing where a defendant commits a felony while free on bond for a prior felony charge.1 This Court granted plaintiff leave to appeal to determine whether the code's qualified grant of consecutive sentencing authority extends to the trial court first in time to render sentence. We hold that MCL 768.7b; MSA 28.1030(2) accords the...

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