PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 156782.

205 Mich. App. 229 (1994)

517 N.W.2d 315

PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 16, 1994, at 9:00 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Dennis M. Wiley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Wild, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

William D. Renner, II, for the defendant on appeal.

Before: McDONALD, P.J., and MURPHY and TAYLOR, JJ.


TAYLOR, J.

Defendant pleaded guilty of delivery of less than fifty grams of cocaine, MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(iv); MSA 14.15(7401)(2) (a)(iv), a charge carrying a mandatory one- to twenty-year prison term.1 Under subsection 4 of that statute, the sentencing judge was authorized to depart from the mandatory minimum term for substantial and compelling reasons.2 Because defendant is a repeat drug offender, he is subject...

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