PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 354903.

999 N.W.2d 827 (2022)

344 Mich. App. 12

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Varien Marcelle BENNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 27, 2022, 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Steve Pierangeli , Prosecuting Attorney, and Aaron J. Mead , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Daniel N. Martindale for defendant.

Before: Shapiro, P.J., and Gadola and Yates, JJ.


As a matter of tradition and practice, Michigan generally requires each criminal defendant to be sentenced by the judge who took the defendant's guilty plea. In this case, defendant, Varien Marcelle Bennett, pleaded guilty, as a third-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.11, to assault by strangulation, MCL 750.84, before Judge Sterling...

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