PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

Docket No. 298262.

811 N.W.2d 25 (2011)

294 Mich. App. 481

PEOPLE v. CORTEZ.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 27, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Andrea Krause , Prosecuting Attorney, and Joel D. McGormley , Assistant Attorney General, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek ) for defendant.

Before: O'CONNELL, P.J., and METER and BECKERING, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Burton David Cortez, appeals as of right his convictions on two counts of being a prisoner in possession of a weapon, MCL 800.283(4), entered after a jury trial. The trial court sentenced defendant as a second-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.10, to concurrent terms of 24 to 90 months in prison.

At the time of the incident in question defendant was an inmate at the Carson City Correctional Facility. On July 21, 2009, Michigan Department...

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