PEOPLE OF MI V HERBERT VICTOR JOHNSON
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
January 6, 1998
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 198260
Muskegon Circuit Court
LC No. 96-013920 FC
HERBERT VICTOR JOHNSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: MacKenzie, P.J., and Hood and Hoekstra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals as of right from his bench trial conviction of assault with intent to commit
murder, MCL 750.83; MSA 28.278. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to
MCR 7.214(E). We affirm.
Defendant first contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. To the
contrary, the evidence found credible by the trial court indicated that defendant, after threatening the
victim with a knife and indicating he would kill her, got into a struggle with the victim and, in the course
of the struggle, attempted to force the knife into her chest. This was more than sufficient to establish
defendant’s intent to kill, People v Hollis, 140 Mich App 589; 366 NW2d 29 (1985); People v
Anderson, 112 Mich App 640; 317 NW2d 205 (1981), and thus to permit a rational trier of fact to
find defendant’s guilt of the charged offense proved beyond a reasonable doubt. People v Petrella,
424 Mich 221, 269-270; 380 NW2d 11 (1985).
Defendant’s remaining contention is that his sentence to imprisonment for twelve years to life is
illegal. We agree. MCL 769.9(2); MSA 28.1081(2); People v Boswell, 95 Mich App 405; 291
NW2d 57 (1980); People v Harper, 39 Mich App 134; 197 NW2d 338 (1972). The trial court may
impose a sentence of a term of years or a sentence of life imprisonment, but it may not combine such
sentences.
Defendant’s conviction is affirmed; his sentence is vacated and this cause is remanded for
resentencing. We do not retain jurisdiction.
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/s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
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