Michigan v. Arnold
| Docket Number | 160046 |
| Decision Date | 28 July 2021 |
Defendant Lonnie Arnold was convicted by jury of aggravated indecent exposure and indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person. He was sentenced as a fourth-offense habitual offender to 25 to 70 years in prison for indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person; his sentence for aggravated indecent exposure was later set aside. At sentencing, Arnold argued that MCL 750.335a(2)(c) required a sentence of “1 day to life” as provided in the statute, but the trial court stated that it was prohibited from imposing a sentence with a minimum penalty of a term of years and a maximum penalty of life. The court’s minimum sentence of 25 years was calculated...
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4 cases
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Sueing v. Noah Nagy
...decision in People v. Arnold (On Remand).”[2] Id. The supreme court directed the court of appeals to reconsider Petitioner's case in light of Arnold once Arnold was decided. Id. The supreme court further directed the court of appeals “to consider the challenge to the assessment of points un......
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People v. Moss
... ... "relative" since MCL 710.60 was ... enacted. [ 7 ] "As a general rule, we must give ... effect to every word, phrase, and clause and avoid an ... interpretation that would render any part of the statute ... surplusage or nugatory." People v Arnold , 508 ... Mich. 1, 23; 973 N.W.2d 36 (2021) (citations, quotation ... marks, and brackets omitted). The Legislature would have no ... need to use both by "blood" and ... "adoption" in defining "relative" or ... "related" if MCL 710.60 has the effect that the ... ...
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People v. Dixon
... ... acts that have been proscribed." '[T]he substantive ... criminal law is that law which ... declares what ... conduct is criminal and prescribes the punishment to ... be imposed for such conduct.'" People v ... Arnold , 508 Mich. 1, 19; __N.W.2d__ (2021) (emphasis ... added), quoting 1 LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law (3d ed), ... § 1.2, p 11. [ 10 ] In the present case, as in many others, ... the proscribed conduct is possession. MCL 800.283a(2); see ... also People v Gray , 297 ... ...
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People v. Judy
...must sentence sexually delinquent persons who violate MCL 750.335a(1) according to the statute, not according to the sentencing guidelines. Id. at 25. The issue is whether the trial court knew it had these options when resentencing defendant. "It is by now well-settled that a trial judge co......