

Court Punishes Defendant for Going to Trial; Court of Appeals Vacates Sentence.
From People v Pennington, Docket number 32323, Michigan Court of Appeals (Published Opinion)(03/22/2018): Defendant requests that his sentence be vacated and that his case be remanded to a different judge. He asserts that the trial court sentenced him pursuant to a blanket policy of imposing a sentence at the top of the guidelines on defendants who exercise their right to a trial rather than pleading guilty. Defendant did go to trial and did receive the highest sentence that


Court Upholds Search Warrant
Case: People v. Osborne Court: Michigan Court of Appeals ( Unpublished Opinion ) Issues: Motion to suppress blood alcohol level evidence; Probable cause for arrest; People v. Waclawski; People v. Champion; Probable cause for a search warrant authorizing a blood draw; MCL 780.653; People v. Harris; Sufficiency of the evidence for an operating while intoxicated (OWI) conviction; MCL 257.625(1)(a); Distinguishing People v. Burton; Sufficiency of the evidence for a resisting & ob