People of Michigan v. Linda Sue Warren
People of Michigan v. Linda Sue Warren
Opinion of the Court
If this opinion indicates that it is “FOR PUBLICATION,” it is subject to
revision until final publication in the Michigan Appeals Reports.
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED
June 12, 2026
Plaintiff-Appellee, 10:57 AM
v No. 374000
Berrien Circuit Court
LINDA SUE WARREN, LC No. 2024-000020-FH
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: WALLACE, P.J., and LETICA and FEENEY, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals as of right from her jury-trial conviction of assaulting, resisting, or
obstructing a police officer, MCL 750.81d(1). Defendant was sentenced to 60 days in jail, with
credit for 20 days served. On appeal, defendant argues (1) the evidence was insufficient to convict
her because no juror could find beyond a reasonable doubt that the police chief lawfully entered
defendant’s home; (2) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction
explaining the common-law right to resist an unlawful arrest; (3) the trial court erred when it
assessed five points to OV 1 based on its finding defendant threatened the process server; and (4)
this Court should remand for ministerial correction of the judgment of sentence. We affirm
defendant’s conviction and sentence, but remand solely for the administrative task of correcting
defendant’s Sentencing Information Report (SIR).
I. FACTS
In January 2024, process server, Tom Fuller,1 attempted to serve defendant with “a request
and order of eviction after conditional dismissal” at her mobile home. Defendant lived in the home
for about 10 years, and as of January of 2024 was living there alone with her two dogs. Neither
Fuller nor the onsite park manager, Lorna Horton, could confirm the reason for defendant’s
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At the time of trial, Fuller testified that he was a part-time member of the civil division of the
sheriff’s department and that the job consisted of serving civil process and court ordered evictions.
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eviction. At trial, defendant indicated she was in court previously regarding a problem with her
dogs and believed the eviction “evolved from” that issue.
Defendant invited Fuller inside because of the weather. Fuller testified that defendant
closed the door behind him, but he reopened it because it was very dark in the mobile home, while
defendant testified the door remained open. When Fuller confronted her with the eviction order,
defendant stated: “Possession is 99 percent ownership.” Fuller explained he was there to help her
collect her personal belongings when defendant began calling Fuller the devil, held a cross in his
face, and “threw the bible up in [his] face.” She was “screaming at the top of her lungs, to the
point where it was almost incoherent.” Fuller recalled defendant saying: “[I]f I had a gun, I would
shoot you, and I’m going to sic my dog on you.” Defendant then went to the kitchen area where
she was not visible to Fuller, and he was uncertain what she might have when she returned. Fuller
determined he needed assistance and contacted his office to request that they call the police.2
Defendant denied screaming at or threatening Fuller, claiming he “got all wound up” while
she tried to explain she owned the trailer and paid lot rent.3 She then claimed she “very politely”
asked Fuller to leave. Defendant acknowledged she got upset when Fuller would not leave and
was frightened when she heard Fuller call for assistance.
Three Oaks Police Chief Carl Krause responded to the call. While on his way, dispatch
informed Chief Krause there was an active arrest warrant for defendant. He arrived in a police
vehicle and was wearing his police uniform, including a body camera. On arrival, Chief Krause
confirmed the eviction order was signed by a judge. He indicated the outer door of the mobile
home was open, Fuller was standing in the doorway, the manager of the mobile home park was
standing outside, and defendant was standing in her living room. Chief Krause explained that he
entered because he was notified of the threat and intended to take her into custody as authorized
by the arrest warrant.
When Chief Krause entered the doorway, defendant quickly headed to a back room.
Defendant’s testimony confirms that she was familiar with Chief Krause and recognized him as a
law-enforcement official. Chief Krause pushed the door to the back room open, and a struggle
with defendant ensued. He told defendant she was under arrest several times, but her
noncompliance continued. Defendant was holding a bible, her cellular telephone, and one other
item4 in her hands. Chief Krause indicated she was “actively” hitting him on the arm, “[n]ot hard,”
but hard enough that he said “ow” at one point, which is audible in the body camera footage. Fuller
went to the back room to assist in restraining defendant, because “she absolutely was failing to
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Fuller mentioned the eviction order does not authorize him to physically remove people. If a
tenant refuses to leave, they are considered trespassers and Fuller must call law enforcement for
assistance.
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Fuller had a request and order of eviction after conditional dismissal with him at the mobile home
and advised Chief Krause that he was evicting defendant that day. Further, Fuller reported that it
was likely the park’s management would put defendant’s belongings out for 24 hours and
defendant would likely be charged with trespassing if she returned to the trailer.
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Chief Krause indicated the third item was a cross, but defendant testified the item was a pillow.
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comply and—and assaultive to the chief.”5 Defendant denied fighting with or hitting either man;
instead, she claimed they were hitting her. After Chief Krause stated he did not want to fight with
or taser defendant, she stopped resisting, was placed in handcuffs, and was escorted to Chief
Krause’s patrol vehicle. Defendant was charged with assaulting, resisting, or obstructing a police
officer.
At trial, the body camera video was played and defendant asserted it had been altered. The
jury requested to view the footage several additional times during deliberations and returned with
a guilty verdict soon after the video was replayed.
At sentencing, the parties agreed to assess five points to Prior Record Variable (PRV) 5
because defendant was on bond for similar conduct in Indiana. 6 Defense counsel objected to
assessing five points to Offense Variable (OV) 1 because defendant denied threatening Fuller, but
the trial court declined to reduce the points. It explained that OVs are assessed on a preponderance
of the evidence standard, and the evidence clearly established the threat was made. The resulting
minimum sentencing guidelines range was zero to 11 months, and defendant was sentenced to 60
days in jail with credit for 20 days served. The original judgment of sentence erroneously indicated
defendant was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. The clerical error was corrected before the
defendant’s claim of appeal was filed.
II. DISCUSSION
A. SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE
Defendant argues the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction because no juror
could reasonably find Chief Krause entered the mobile home lawfully. We disagree.
This Court reviews a lower court’s determination whether the evidence was sufficient to
support a conviction de novo. People v Prude, 513 Mich 377, 384; 15 NW3d 249 (2024).
Evidence is reviewed in a light most favorable to the prosecution “ ‘to determine whether any trier
of fact could find the essential elements of the crime were proven beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ”
Id. at 385, quoting People v Wang, 505 Mich 239, 251; 952 NW2d 334 (2020). Under this standard
of review, deference is given to the jury on questions of fact, and a reviewing court must “ ‘draw
all reasonable inferences and make credibility choices in support of the jury verdict.’ ” Prude, 513
Mich at 385, quoting People v Oros, 502 Mich 229, 239; 917 NW2d 559 (2018). “ ‘Circumstantial
evidence and reasonable inferences arising from that evidence can constitute satisfactory proof of
the elements of a crime.’ ” Oros, 502 Mich at 239, quoting People v Nowack, 462 Mich 392, 400;
614 NW2d 78 (2000). All evidentiary conflicts must be resolved in the prosecution’s favor.
People v Solloway, 316 Mich App 174, 180-181; 891 NW2d 255 (2016).
Defendant also challenges the legality of police conduct. Our Supreme Court has
explained:
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Defendant also may have attempted to bite Fuller.
6
Assessing five points to PRV 5 was an error and is discussed below.
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[W]hen the lawfulness of police action is an element of a criminal offense, a court
reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a conviction
must view the facts in the light most favorable to the prosecution and then
determine whether, as a matter of law, an officer’s actions were “lawful” in light of
those facts. Under this test, a conviction will be overturned only when an officer’s
conduct cannot be reasonably perceived as lawful when viewed under a lens
sufficiently deferential to that conduct. [Prude, 513 Mich at 386.]
Finally, this Court reviews a statute’s interpretation and application de novo. People v Moreno,
491 Mich 38, 44; 814 NW2d 624 (2012).
“[A] conviction that is not supported by sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt violates due process and cannot stand.” Prude, 513 Mich at 384. “The elements
of resisting or obstructing a police officer under MCL 750.81d(1) are: ‘(1) the defendant assaulted,
battered, wounded, resisted, obstructed, opposed, or endangered a police officer, and (2) the
defendant knew or had reason to know that the person that the defendant assaulted, battered,
wounded, resisted, obstructed, opposed, or endangered was a police officer performing his or her
duties.’ ” People v Quinn, 305 Mich App 484, 491; 853 NW2d 383 (2014), quoting People v Corr,
287 Mich App 499, 503; 788 NW2d 860 (2010). MCL 750.81d(7)(a) defines “obstruct” to include
“the use or threatened use of physical interference or force or a knowing failure to comply with a
lawful command.”
In addition, “the prosecution must establish that the officers acted lawfully as an actual
element of the crime of resisting or obstructing a police officer under MCL 750.81d.” Quinn, 305
Mich App at 492. Accordingly, if the evidence does not, viewed in a light most favorable to the
prosecution, establish beyond a reasonable doubt (1) defendant assaulted, battered, wounded,
resisted, obstructed, opposed, or endangered Chief Krause, (2) when defendant knew or had reason
to know Chief Krause was a police officer performing his duties, and (3) Chief Krause was acting
lawfully, her conviction cannot be sustained. See Prude, 513 Mich at 384. If Chief Krause was
acting unlawfully, defendant had a common-law right to resist using reasonable force. Moreno,
491 Mich at 47, 49; People v Nordstrom, ___ Mich App ___, ___; ___ NW3d ___ (2026) (Docket
No. 375550); slip op at 5. When lawfulness is an element of a criminal offense, as it is here, the
jury acts as the fact-finder but “the court remains the ultimate arbiter of whether, under a particular
set of facts, police actions were lawful.” Prude, 513 Mich at 386.
Defendant challenges the lawfulness of Chief Krause’s actions. She relies on the Fourth
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Amendment’s protection of privacy in the home. US Const, Am IV. She also relies on MCL
764.21, which delineates the right to break open an outer or inner door when making an arrest in
Michigan. 7 Defendant contends MCL 764.21 required Chief Krause to announce his purpose and
be refused admittance before breaking open an inner or outer door. As the prosecutor points out:
“No one testified that Chief Krause broke open an outer door of a building to get inside the trailer.
Even Defendant admitted that the trailer door was open.” The prosecution contends MCL 764.21
does not apply, although this argument focuses on the outer door.
All witnesses agree the entry door was open, so MCL 764.21 is inapplicable with respect
to the outer door. Chief Krause entered the front door and attempted to tell defendant she was
under arrest when she quickly headed to a back room. The witnesses agree defendant attempted
to close the inner door, but was unsuccessful in doing so. These facts contradict defendant’s
argument that the inside door was unlawfully broken down. Fuller confirmed defendant was not
complying with Chief Krause’s requests. Defendant could not remember whether Chief Krause
told her to stop and denied that he ever said she was under arrest. But the body camera footage
(including audio) demonstrates that, as Chief Krause entered the residence, defendant retreated to
the back room. Chief Krause followed and told defendant to “come here,” to which she loudly
responded “Get away from me!” After Chief Krause reached defendant and began attempting to
restrain her, he told her multiple times that she was under arrest, yet she continued to struggle.8
Chief Krause testified he “pushed the door open” with both hands as it was being shut in front of
him. Overall, the testimony in this case demonstrates Chief Krause entered the mobile home
lawfully in his police uniform and attempted to tell defendant that she was under arrest when she
quickly walked to the back of the trailer and attempted, but failed, to close the inner door. The
witness testimony does not support the conclusion the door was broken open; it suggests the door
was pushed open while Chief Krause was advising her that she was under arrest and defendant
was resisting and failing to comply. Accordingly, defendant’s argument that Chief Krause’s entry
was unlawful under MCL 764.21 fails.
The prosecutor argues Chief Krause was carrying out an active arrest warrant and did not
violate the Fourth Amendment by entering an open door to effectuate defendant’s arrest. In Payton
v New York, 445 US 573, 603; 100 S Ct 1371; 63 L Ed 2d 639 (1980), the United States Supreme
Court held “for Fourth Amendment purposes, an arrest warrant founded on probable cause
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MCL 764.21 states:
A private person, when making an arrest for a felony committed in his or
her presence, or a peace officer or federal law enforcement officer, when making
an arrest with a warrant or when making a felony arrest without a warrant as
authorized by law, may break open an inner or outer door of a building in which
the person to be arrested is located or is reasonably believed to be located if, after
announcing his or her purpose, he or she is refused admittance. [Emphasis added.]
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As Chief Krause enters the open door of defendant’s residence, he appears to start to tell
defendant that she is under arrest, saying “Linda, you’re under . . . .” He does not complete the
sentence, presumably because defendant is very loudly yelling at him as she retreats from him to
the back room.
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implicitly carries with it the limited authority to enter a dwelling in which the suspect lives when
there is reason to believe the suspect is within.”9 In People v Oliver, 417 Mich 366, 376; 338
NW2d 167 (1983), our Supreme Court noted an arrest warrant is required before police can enter
a suspect’s home to carry out the arrest, absent exigent circumstances.
Chief Krause was notified of the arrest warrant on his way to defendant’s home. Defendant
argues: “The only evidence of the existence of any valid warrant for [defendant] was Chief
Krause’s claim that he was told there was one.” The jury was free to find his testimony credible.
People v Ventour, 349 Mich App 417, 428; 27 NW3d 660 (2023) (“The jury was free to accept or
reject the theory of either party in light of the evidence presented at trial, and this Court will not
interfere with the jury’s role of determining issues of weight and credibility”). The warrant
authorized Chief Krause to enter defendant’s home to effectuate her arrest if he had reason to
believe she was present. Payton, 445 US at 603. Under MCL 764.18, “it shall not be necessary
for the arresting officer personally to have the warrant in his [or her] possession but such officer
must, if possible, inform the person arrested that there is a warrant for his arrest and, after the arrest
is made, shall show such person said warrant if required, as soon as practicable.” Chief Krause
saw defendant standing inside her living room when he arrived. As noted in Prude, 513 Mich at
386, when an element of the offense is lawfulness, the jury acts as fact-finder but the trial court
“remains the ultimate arbiter of whether, under a particular set of facts, police actions were lawful.”
Here, the evidence was sufficient to support the conclusion that Chief Krause’s conduct was
lawful.
In sum, defendant’s argument that the evidence was insufficient to find Chief Krause acted
lawfully and, consequently, insufficient to satisfy the third element of defendant’s resisting and
obstructing offense, is unavailing. The plain meaning of MCL 764.21 suggests it is applicable
only when a door is broken down, which did not occur in this case. Defendant’s constitutional
rights were not violated because the active arrest warrant for defendant authorized Chief Krause
to enter the mobile home.
B. INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
Defendant contends trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction
informing the jury of the common-law right to resist an unlawful arrest. We disagree.
In general, “[t]he question whether defense counsel performed ineffectively is a mixed
question of law and fact; this Court reviews for clear error the trial court’s findings of fact and
reviews de novo questions of constitutional law.” People v Trakhtenberg, 493 Mich 38, 47; 826
NW2d 136 (2012). Defendant, however, did not preserve her ineffective assistance of counsel
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We note that Payton referenced a felony arrest warrant. While the record in the present case does
not clearly indicate the nature of the warrant, the video suggests that it may have been issued for
defendant’s alleged failure to appear at a hearing for a local ordinance violation. But we will not
address that matter because defendant has not briefed the issue of whether the nature of the warrant
had any legal effect on Chief Krause’s entry into the premises, and because, as described in this
opinion, Chief Krause entered while defendant was being evicted and he did not break down the
door, i.e., he walked through the open door while Fuller was legally evicting defendant.
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argument by moving in the trial court for a new trial or evidentiary hearing, People v Heft, 299
Mich App 69, 80; 829 NW2d 266 (2012), or moving to remand for a Ginther10 hearing with this
Court, People v Abcumby-Blair, 335 Mich App 210, 227; 966 NW2d 437 (2020). Because the
issue is unpreserved, “this Court’s review is limited to mistakes apparent from the record.” Heft,
299 Mich App at 80.
To establish trial counsel was ineffective and obtain a new trial, “a defendant must show
that (1) counsel’s performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and (2) but for
counsel’s deficient performance, there is a reasonable probability that the outcome would have
been different.” Trakhtenberg, 493 Mich at 51. Regarding counsel’s performance, “a defendant
must overcome the strong presumption that counsel’s performance was born from a sound trial
strategy.” Id. at 52.
A defendant is entitled to a properly instructed jury “so that the jury may correctly and
intelligently decide the case.” People v Urbanski, 348 Mich App 90, 99-100; 17 NW3d 430
(2023), quoting People v Traver, 502 Mich 23, 31; 917 NW2d 260 (2018). While the jury
instructions must not exclude defenses or theories supported by the evidence, “it is improper for a
court to give instructions regarding a theory that is not supported by the evidence.” Urbanski, 348
Mich App at 100.
Defendant asserts her counsel’s failure to request an instruction informing the jury of the
common-law right to resist an unlawful arrest rendered his performance objectively unreasonable,
and it is reasonably likely this omission was prejudicial. In Moreno, our Supreme Court
determined MCL 750.81d did not abrogate the common-law right to resist an unlawful arrest.
Moreno, 491 Mich at 49. The common-law right permits an individual to “ ‘use such reasonable
force as is necessary to prevent an illegal attachment and to resist an illegal arrest,’ and that ‘the
basis for such preventive or resistive action is the illegality of an officer’s action, to which [a]
defendant immediately reacts.’ ” Id. at 47, quoting People v Krum, 374 Mich 356, 361; 132 NW2d
69 (1965).
The prosecutor argues the instruction was inapplicable because Chief Krause was lawfully
carrying out an active arrest warrant. Defense counsel appeared to acknowledge this fact in closing
argument, when he stated: “The issue is whether or not [defendant] struck [Chief Krause], she
didn’t, and he gave a lawful command.” Defense counsel’s strategy did not center on the legality
of Chief Krause’s conduct; rather, it focused on whether the evidence proved beyond reasonable
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People v Ginther, 390 Mich 436; 212 NW2d 922 (1973).
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doubt that defendant struck Chief Krause or knowingly resisted arrest.11 Defense counsel was not
unreasonable in pursuing a strategy aligning with the evidence, which demonstrated there was an
active warrant for defendant’s arrest. The body camera footage does not clearly show defendant
striking Chief Krause. Accordingly, defense counsel’s argument centered on what the body
camera footage did not show, along with defendant’s state of mind, challenging satisfaction of the
first element of the offense. Defense counsel’s strategy appears to have been consistent with the
evidence presented, and while it was ultimately unsuccessful, an unsuccessful trial strategy does
not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. People v Kevorkian, 248 Mich App 373, 414-415;
639 NW2d 291 (2001).
Defendant has failed to overcome the presumption trial counsel’s performance was
objectively reasonable. Trakhtenberg, 493 Mich at 52. This Court need not address whether
defendant was prejudiced by the omission of the jury instruction.
C. SENTENCING ISSUES
1. PRESERVATION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW
Defendant objected to assigning five points to OV 1 at sentencing, preserving the issue for
appellate review. People v Clark, 315 Mich App 219, 223; 888 NW2d 309 (2016); MCR 6.429(C).
Defendant did not raise any challenge regarding the PRV clerical error reflected on defendant’s
SIR or the clerical error on her judgment of sentence “at sentencing, in a proper motion for
resentencing, or in a proper motion to remand filed in the court of appeals,” so these issues are
unpreserved. Clark, 315 Mich App at 223; MCR 6.429(C).
When a defendant challenges the sentencing guideline calculation used by the trial court,
[the trial court’s] factual determinations are reviewed for clear error and must be
supported by a preponderance of the evidence. Whether the facts, as found, are
adequate to satisfy the scoring conditions prescribed by statute, i.e., the application
of the facts to the law, is a question of statutory interpretation, which an appellate
11
Defense counsel stated in closing, after the body camera footage was replayed by the prosecutor:
I don’t see [defendant] striking the chief. I don’t see Chief Krause being struck
by—by [defendant], or by any object that she was holding. In fact, the video is—
as she described during her testimony, the video supports that. That she’s clutching
her bible.
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[Defendant is] a frightened, frightened person. She claims during her
testimony that she doesn’t remember what happened. She doesn’t remember
hearing Chief Krause give her a command. She doesn’t remember Chief Krause
ever showing her a warrant. She doesn’t remember Mr. Fuller ever showing her
eviction papers.
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court reviews de novo. [People v Sours, 315 Mich App 346, 348; 890 NW2d 401
(2016), quoting People v Hardy, 494 Mich 430, 438; 835 NW2d 340 (2013),
superseded in part by statute on other grounds as stated by People v Rodriguez, 327
Mich App 573, 579 n 3; 935 NW2d 51 (2019).]
Defendant’s unpreserved arguments relating to clerical errors are reviewed for plain error affecting
substantial rights. Clark, 315 Mich App at 224. Under that standard, “[r]elief is available only
when (1) an error occurred, (2) the error was plain, meaning clear or obvious, and (3) the plain
error affected substantial rights, meaning it affected the outcome of the proceedings.” Id., citing
People v Carines, 460 Mich 750, 763; 597 NW2d 130 (1999).
2. PRIOR RECORD AND OFFENSE VARIABLES
The prosecutor and defendant agree that the trial court erroneously assessed five points to
OV 1, and this error changed defendant’s minimum sentencing guidelines range from zero to 11
months to zero to nine months. Defendant also argues the five points assessed to PRV 5 should
have been assessed to PRV 6. We agree, but because defendant has served her sentence, we
remand only for the ministerial task of correcting defendant’s SIR.
In cases involving a scoring error that alters the applicable sentencing guidelines range, a
defendant is typically entitled to be resentenced according to accurate information. People v
Francisco, 474 Mich 82, 89-90; 711 NW2d 44 (2006). However, “[a]n issue is moot when an
event occurs that renders it impossible for the reviewing court to fashion a remedy to the
controversy.” People v Cathey, 261 Mich App 506, 510; 681 NW2d 661 (2004). Courts generally
do not decide moot issues. People v Richmond, 486 Mich 29, 34; 782 NW2d 187 (2010). If an
issue will continue to affect a party in a collateral way it is not deemed moot. Cathey, 261 Mich
App at 510, citing In re Dodge Estate, 162 Mich App 573, 583-584; 413 NW2d 449 (1987). This
Court has repeatedly declined to review sentencing errors in cases where the defendant already
served their sentence. People v Tombs, 260 Mich App 201, 220; 679 NW2d 77 (2003). See also
People v Rutherford, 208 Mich App 198, 204; 526 NW2d 620 (1994); People v Wogaman, 133
Mich App 823, 828; 350 NW2d 816 (1984). This Court can, however, remand for correction of
the SIR. People v Harmon, 248 Mich App 522, 534; 640 NW2d 314 (2001). See also People v
Bailey, 330 Mich App 41, 63; 944 NW2d 370 (2019).
The prosecutor and defendant agree that five points were erroneously assessed to OV 1,
and defendant’s total OV score should have been 15 points rather than 20, reducing her minimum
sentencing guidelines range from zero to 11 months to zero to nine months. Under People v
McGraw, 484 Mich 120; 771 NW2d 655 (2009), the trial court erred in assessing five points to
OV 1 based on defendant’s threats to shoot Fuller. In McGraw, our Supreme Court stated:
“Offense variables must be scored giving consideration to the sentencing offense alone, unless
otherwise provided in the particular variable.” Id. at 133. “OV 1 is an ‘offense-specific’ variable”
and “in scoring OV 1, the trial court [is] limited to ‘considering the sentencing offense alone.’ ”
People v Chelmicki, 305 Mich App 58, 72; 850 NW2d 612 (2014), quoting McGraw, 484 Mich at
127. “[A]ll of ‘defendant’s conduct during’ that offense” may be properly considered by the trial
court. Chelmicki, 305 Mich App at 72, quoting McGraw, 484 Mich at 134.
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MCL 777.31(1)(e) states OV 1 is assessed points for “aggravated use of a weapon” when
“[a] weapon was displayed or implied.” Defendant denies threatening Fuller with a gun, but Fuller
testified that the threat prompted him to have the police called. While her conduct regarding Fuller
precipitated the sentencing offense, defendant was not charged with any offense against Fuller.
Defendant’s sentence relates to her conviction of resisting and obstructing Chief Krause.
Accordingly, the trial court erred when it assessed five points to OV 1 based on defendant’s
threatening Fuller with an implied weapon.12 The error resulted in a higher ceiling of 11 months
rather than nine months but did not affect the floor of the guidelines range.
Defendant also notes her PRV total was corrected from zero to five points at sentencing
because she was on bond for similar conduct in Indiana. The prosecution’s brief on appeal
acknowledges that this change was for PRV 6, and that it indicated as much in an email to the
court and defense counsel before sentencing. Defendant points out the trial court erroneously
assessed the five points to PRV 5, MCL 777.55 (prior misdemeanor convictions or prior
misdemeanor juvenile adjudications), rather than PRV 6, MCL 777.56 (relationship to the criminal
justice system). Under MCL 777.56(1)(d), PRV 6 is assigned five points when a defendant is on
bond awaiting adjudication or sentencing for a misdemeanor. At the sentencing hearing, the
prosecution requested the PRV be increased to 5 based upon her being on bond for an Indiana
misdemeanor charge. The PSIR reflects that defendant was on bond for a misdemeanor in Indiana
and she did not object to the five-point change. The trial court erred when it assigned the five
points to PRV 5 on defendant’s SIR, when the parties were actually discussing assigning five
points to PRV 6 (although this error had no material effect on her sentencing range).
Defendant is correct in asserting errors regarding OV 1 and PRV 5. Typically, defendant
would be entitled to resentencing. Francisco, 474 Mich at 89-90. Defendant, however, has served
the 60-day sentence imposed in July 2024. That sentence was at the low end of the applicable
minimum guidelines range of zero to nine months. Defendant requests resentencing but has not
identified any collateral consequences with continuing effects. Cathey, 261 Mich App at 510.
Accordingly, this Court cannot fashion a remedy at this time other than remanding, solely for the
ministerial task of correcting the SIR. Harmon, 248 Mich App at 534.
3. CLERICAL ERROR
Defendant also argues her judgment of sentence should be amended to reflect the proper
term of her sentence. An amendment was completed before defendant filed a claim of appeal, so
this issue is moot.
When a defendant has already received the relief requested, the corresponding issue is
rendered moot. People v Billings, 283 Mich App 538, 548; 770 NW2d 893 (2009). In Billings,
the defendant moved in the trial court for resentencing while her appeal was pending, making the
same argument about improper OV scoring in the trial court and on appeal. The trial court granted
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While Fuller testified at some point in the trial that defendant said she would shoot Fuller if she
had a gun, which is a statement that does not imply a weapon, later in his testimony Fuller said
that defendant threatened to shoot him.
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the motion, and this Court concluded: “Because defendant has already received the relief that she
requested, this issue is moot.” Id.
As the record demonstrates defendant’s judgment of sentence was amended to reflect the
correct sentence of 60 days in jail rather than 60 months’ imprisonment, defendant has received
the requested relief, rendering the issue moot. Richmond, 486 Mich at 34.
III. CONCLUSION
For the reasons above, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence, and remand solely
for the ministerial task of correcting defendant’s SIR. We do not retain jurisdiction.
/s/ Randy J. Wallace
/s/ Anica Letica
/s/ Kathleen A. Feeney
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