PEOPLE OF MI V BRIAN WATSON

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED May 23, 1997 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 186055 Recorder’s Court LC No. 94-005300 BRIAN WATSON, a/k/a RAPHAEL NASH, Defendant-Appellant. Before: Holbrook, Jr., P.J., and MacKenzie and Murphy, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Defendant, a juvenile, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, assault with intent to murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). He was sentenced as an adult to serve concurrent prison terms of eleven to twenty years for each of the robbery and assault convictions, consecutive to a mandatory two-year sentence for the felony-firearm conviction. He appeals as of right. We affirm. In sentencing defendant as an adult, the trial court made sufficient findings of fact on the relevant statutory criteria. Those findings were not clearly erroneous. MCL 769.1(3); MSA 28.1072(3); MCR 6.931(A); People v Cheeks, 216 Mich App 470, 474; 549 NW2d 584 (1996). In light of the findings and the evidence on the record, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant as an adult. Id. Defendant’s eleven-year minimum sentences are within the recommended range of the sentencing guidelines and are therefore presumptively proportionate. People v Broden, 428 Mich 343, 354-355; 408 NW2d 789 (1987); People v Dukes, 189 Mich App 262; 471 NW2d 651 (1991). Defendant has failed to overcome that presumption. Considering the circumstances of the offenses and the offender, the sentences do not violate the principle of proportionality. People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630, 656; 461 NW2d 1 (1990). -1­ Affirmed. /s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr. /s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie /s/ William B. Murphy -2­

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