PEOPLE OF MI V COREY CROOM
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
May 15, 1998
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 200230
Genesee Circuit Court
LC No. 94-051397 FC
COREY CROOM,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Bandstra, P.J., and MacKenzie and N.O. Holowka*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
As a consequence of defendant’s plea-based conviction to second-degree murder, MCL
750.317; MSA 28.549, defendant was sentenced to twenty-five to fifty years’ imprisonment. We
vacated defendant’s sentence and remanded for resentencing without commenting on the proportionality
of defendant’s original sentence. People v Croom, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of
Appeals, decided May 17, 1996 (Docket No. 186202). On remand, defendant was sentenced to
twenty-three to fifty years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm. This case is being
decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Defendant’s twenty-three-year minimum sentence does not violate the principle of
proportionality, especially in light of the circumstances surrounding the killing and the leniency afforded
defendant by the plea agreement. People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630; 461 NW2d 1 (1990); People v
Dixon, 217 Mich App 400, 412-413; 552 NW2d 663 (1996).
In light of this conclusion, defendant’s sentencing guidelines scoring challenge does not state a
cognizable claim for relief. People v Mitchell, 454 Mich 145, 176-177; 560 NW2d 600 (1997).
We affirm.
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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/s/ Richard A. Bandstra
/s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie
/s/ Nick O. Holowka
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