PEOPLE v. STEWART

Docket No. 116590.

196 Mich. App. 334 (1992)

492 N.W.2d 806

PEOPLE v. STEWART

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 19, 1992, at 9:35 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Richard Thompson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief, Appellate Division, and Thomas S. Richards, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Elbert L. Hatchett, for the defendant.

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and WAHLS and SAWYER, JJ.


SAWYER, J.

Defendant appeals from a plea-based conviction of delivery of over 650 grams of cocaine. MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(i); MSA 14.15(7401)(2)(a)(i). He was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Although we affirm on the issues raised in defendant's brief on appeal, we nevertheless reverse on an issue we raise sua sponte, namely, that defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel.

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