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PEOPLE v. MERRIWEATHER

Docket No. 97745, (Calendar No. 2).

447 Mich. 799 (1994)

527 N.W.2d 460

PEOPLE v. MERRIWEATHER

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Carolyn M. Breen, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Carolyn A. Blanchard and Sheila N. Robertson for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Sheila N. Robertson for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

Sandra Girard for Prison Legal Services of Michigan, Inc.

BOYLE, J.

The question presented is the legality of the defendant's sentence. The Court of Appeals, in a two-to-one decision, held that the defendant's sentence of 60 to 120 years "violate[s] the proportionality requirement of Milbourn"1 because it is "three times the guidelines' recommendation." 201 Mich.App. 383, 385-386; 506...

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