People v. Hegwood

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the principles and ground rules governing the application of the former judicial sentencing guidelines do not necessarily govern the application of the statutory sentencing guidelines
• “It is, accordingly, the responsibility of a circuit judge to impose a sentence, but only within the limits set by the Legislature.”
• “[T]he Legislature may impose restrictions on a judge’s exercise of discretion in imposing [a] sentence.”
• “[T]he Legislature may impose restrictions on a judge’s exercise of discretion in imposing [a] sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).