PEOPLE v. LOWE

Docket No. 137284.

773 N.W.2d 1 (2009)

484 Mich. 718

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jamie Lynn LOWE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

August 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia, Solicitor General, and Neal A. Brady, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Brandy Y. Robinson) and Ronald D. Ambrose, for the defendant.


Opinion

MARKMAN, J.

This case presents the question whether MCL 333.7413(2), by authorizing a trial court to enhance the sentence of a defendant who is a repeat drug offender to a "term not more than twice the term otherwise authorized," allows the trial court to double both the defendant's minimum and maximum sentences. We answer this question in the affirmative. Accordingly, defendant's sentence is affirmed.

I. BACKGROUND

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