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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Docket No. 80146, (Calendar No. 3).

432 Mich. 84 (1989)

437 N.W.2d 603

PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, James G. Gregart, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael H. Dzialowski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Milton J. Marovich and Patricia L. Gambill for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

State Appellate Defender (by Sheila N. Robertson and Anne M. Yantus).

ARCHER, J.

We granted leave to appeal limited to the issue whether People v Tanner, 387 Mich. 683; 199 N.W.2d 202 (1972), which held that where an indeterminate sentence is required by statute, the minimum sentence imposed may not exceed two-thirds of the maximum sentence, applies to sentencing imposed on a person convicted as an habitual offender.

We hold that any sentence for...

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