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People v. Murph

Michigan Court of Appeals
Aug 19, 1991
476 N.W.2d 500 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

Docket No. 109778.

Decided August 19, 1991, at 9:50 A.M. Leave to appeal sought.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, G. Michael Hocking, Prosecuting Attorney, and William M. Worden, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Douglas R. Mullkoff and Patricia S. Slomski, for the defendant on appeal.

ON REHEARING

Before: MICHAEL J. KELLY, P.J., and WAHLS and SAWYER, JJ.


On September 17, 1990, this Court issued an opinion affirming over my dissent. 185 Mich. App. 476; 463 N.W.2d 156 (1990). On February 5, 1991, we granted rehearing over Judge SAWYER'S dissent.

On reconsideration, Judge WAHLS and I agree that the sentences of forty years to sixty years are arguably disproportionate and that the matter should be remanded to a different judge for resentencing. An evidentiary hearing shall be held upon request, at which the parties may argue proportionality and submit proofs.

On reconsideration, we hold that the other errors alluded to in my dissent in our original opinion are harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

The convictions are affirmed. The sentences of forty to sixty years in prison for the kidnapping and armed robbery convictions are set aside. The sentence of thirty to sixty months for unlawfully driving away an automobile and the two terms of two years in prison for the convictions of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony are affirmed. Remanded for resentencing before a different judge. We do not retain jurisdiction.

WAHLS, J., concurred.

SAWYER, J., dissented. He would affirm in every respect.


Summaries of

People v. Murph

Michigan Court of Appeals
Aug 19, 1991
476 N.W.2d 500 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991)
Case details for

People v. Murph

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE v MURPH (ON REHEARING)

Court:Michigan Court of Appeals

Date published: Aug 19, 1991

Citations

476 N.W.2d 500 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991)
476 N.W.2d 500

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