Michigan Court of Appeals· 10/20/2011

People v. Brown

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294 Mich. App. 377
811 N.W.2d 531

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upholding mandatory life sentence; rejecting defendant’s claim that his sentence constituted an unjustified departure -6- from the sentencing guidelines because his sentence under MCL 750.520b(2)(c) was mandated by statute
“[I]t is not per se unconstitutional for a defendant to receive a higher sentence following a jury trial than he would have received had he pleaded guilty.”
to preserve a claim of prosecutorial error for appellate review, a defendant must timely and specifically object below unless the error could not have been cured with an objection
“Legislatively mandated sentences are presumptively proportional and presumptively valid.”
“Legislatively mandated sentences are presumptively proportional and presumptively valid.”

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Judges: Connell, Jansen, Owens

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