PEOPLE v. BENTON

Docket No. 296721.

817 N.W.2d 599 (2011)

294 Mich. App. 191

PEOPLE v. BENTON.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 22, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, David S. Leyton , Prosecuting Attorney, and Vikki Bayeh Haley , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Michael A. Faraone, P.C., Lansing (by Michael A. Faraone ), for defendant.

Before: SERVITTO, P.J., and MARKEY and KIRSTEN FRANK KELLY, JJ.


MARKEY, J.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC-I), MCL 750.520b(a)(1), for which she was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 25 to 38 years. She appeals by right. We affirm.

Defendant, a former elementary school teacher, was convicted of engaging in sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old former student from her sixth grade class. The victim had academic and behavioral problems and was...

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