PEOPLE v. MOORE

Docket No. 80432, (Calendar No. 1).

432 Mich. 311 (1989)

439 N.W.2d 684

PEOPLE v. MOORE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, and Mary Sue Czarnecki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

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

Amicus Curiae:

Elizabeth L. Jacobs for Joseph Cole.


CAVANAGH, J.

The defendant has been convicted of second-degree murder1 and sentenced to a term of from 100 to 200 years in prison. He argues that the sentence is unlawful. We agree, and we therefore remand this case to the trial court for resentencing.

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In February of 1985, the defendant killed a woman with whom he had been romantically involved. The defendant was prosecuted for first-degree murder2<...

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