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PEOPLE v. GROVE

Docket Nos. 103004, 103521, Calendar Nos. 9-10.

566 N.W.2d 547 (1997)

455 Mich. 439

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard William GROVE, Defendant-Appellee. PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David AUSTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Thomas L. Smithson, Prosecuting Attorney, and Charles D. Hackney and Steven Flancher, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, for the People in Grove.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Mary Beth Kur, Prosecuting Attorney, and William A. Molner, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, for the People in Austin.

Lester O. Pollak, Jackson, for Defendant-Appellee in Grove.

State Appellate Defender by Valerie R. Newman, for Defendant-Appellant in Austin.

Norris J. Thomas, Jr., Detroit, amici curiae, for Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

Michael D. Thomas, President, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Grand Rapids, for Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.

Opinion

BOYLE, Justice.

We granted leave in People v. Grove to address whether a trial court has discretion under MCR 6.302(C)(3) to reject the plea underlying a plea agreement that includes a prosecutorial sentence recommendation. We granted leave in People v. Austin to address (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to entertain the defendant's guilty plea, which was...

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