People v. Conat

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the duty of the prosecutor to charge defendants “is grounded in the responsibility of the executive branch to enforce the laws.”
• finding that statute requiring mandatory life sentence for an individual convicted of first-degree murder is not offensive to separation of powers principle
• finding that statute requiring mandatory life sentence for an individual convicted of first-degree murder is not offensive to separation of powers principle
• reasoning that a change in statute eliminating the need for a hearing to determine whether to sentence juveniles as adults did not violate due process because the legislature never indicated that a hearing was required
• O’Connell, J., holding that statute requiring adult sentence for juveniles tried as adults, MCL 769.1, was constitutional
• arguments concerning whether the law is undesirable, unfair, unjust, or inhumane should be addressed to the Legislature

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