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Michigan Supreme Court Announces Court Must Inform Defendant of Consecutive Sentencing Authority When Accepting Plea
Loaded on July 15, 2020
by David Reutter
published in Criminal Legal News
August, 2020, page 20
Filed under:
Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences,
Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
Location:
Michigan.
by David M. Reutter
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Michigan held “that MCR 6.302(B)(2) requires the trial court, in cases where such advice is relevant, to advise a defendant of its discretionary consecutive-sentencing authority and possible consequences of that authority for defendant’s sentence.”
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