- Posted January 04, 2012
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Court will look at tough sentence in plea deal
KALAMAZOO (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of a Kalamazoo County man who pleaded guilty to home invasion but got a stiffer sentence than expected.
Shawn Brown says he was told the maximum sentence would be 15 years in exchange for a guilty plea. But when he got his punishment in 2010, the maximum sentence instead was 22 ? years.
The state appeals court declined to hear the case. The Supreme Court will hear arguments at a later date and decide whether to accept a full appeal or take some other action. Prosecutors had asked the justices to stay on the sidelines.
Published: Wed, Jan 4, 2012
headlines Oakland County
- Leadership role
- No legionella detected at the Oakland County jail, courthouse tower and child development center
- Jury convicts man of killing his girlfriend, the mother of his child
- Nessel files motion to reopen ‘Conditional Approval’ of DTE data center contracts
- Distinguished constitutional law scholar honored at ABA reception for lifetime achievement
headlines National
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law back in compliance with ABA standard
- Chemerinsky: The Fourth Amendment comes back to the Supreme Court
- Reinstatement of retired judge reversed by state supreme court
- Mass tort lawyer suspended for 3 years for lying to clients
- Law firms in Minneapolis are helping lawyers, staff navigate unrest
- Federal judge faces trial on charges of being ‘super drunk’ while driving
