People v. Jankowski
People v. Jankowski
Opinion of the Court
Defendant’s plea of guilty to a charge of larceny from a person, MCLA 750.357; MSA 28.589, was accepted and a sentence of six to ten years in prison was imposed. Defendant now appeals.
Defendant’s principal claim of error is that the trial judge did not properly credit defendant for time already served. MCLA 769.11b; MSA 28.1083(2). Defendant asserts that, contrary to the purpose of this statute, the trial judge adjusted the minimum sentence imposed so as to render the credit nugatory.
There is no dispute concerning the fact that the defendant received credit for nine months and one week served in jail prior to sentencing. The amount of time which should be credited is also undisputed. The defendant instead asserts, in effect, that the statute removes from the trial judge’s sentencing discretion any consideration of the amount of credit that the defendant will receive.
In support of his assertion, the defendant points to the following remark of the trial judge after sentence was imposed:
"Then he was in from May 5 and another consideration I had in mind in setting his sentence is the fact that you are receiving considerable credits that I’m giving you because of your time in jail. I compute it to be 9 months and one week. Would that be about right from May to this date?” (Emphasis added.)
Some of the other considerations referred to by the judge were the fact that the offense under consideration had been committed while other charges were pending and the fact that any sen
On this record, we find no reason to depart from the established rule that sentences normally will not be reviewed by this Court. Cummins v People, 42 Mich 142; 3 NW 305 (1879). The referenced statute providing credit for time served does not require a different result on these facts.
Affirmed.
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