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PEOPLE v. TRIPLETT

Docket No. 81825, (Calendar No. 1).

432 Mich. 568 (1989)

442 N.W.2d 622

PEOPLE v. TRIPLETT

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Conrad J. Sindt, Prosecuting Attorney, and Samuel I. Durham, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by P.E. Bennett) for the defendant.

PER CURIAM:

In this case, the sentencing judge imposed a minimum sentence within the range recommended by the sentencing guidelines,1 but offered no explanation for the sentence. The issues before us today are whether to grant relief to the defendant who complains of the lack of explanation, and, if so, what remedy is appropriate. We hold today that a remand to the trial court for an explanation of the sentence is required in such a circumstance...

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