IN THE MATTER OF JEFFRIES; MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JEROME M. JEFFRIES, a minor.
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
February 19, 1999
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 205591
Wayne Juvenile Court
LC No. 96-335757
JEROME M. JEFFRIES, a/k/a JEROME M.
JEFFRIES, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Gribbs, P.J., and Saad and P. H. Chamberlain,* JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals by right the commitment order of the probate court based upon his plea of
guilty to one count of receiving and concealing stolen property over $100, MCL 750.535; MSA
28.803, in exchange for dismissal of a related count of second-degree home invasion, MCL
750.110a(3); MSA 28.305(a)(3). We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument
pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
We find no abuse of discretion in the refusal to place defendant on probation in the custody of
his mother. In Re Scruggs, 134 Mich App 617, 621; 350 NW2d 916 (1984). The referee presiding
at the dispositional hearing identified valid reasons, supported by the record, for concluding that
defendant would not be a good candidate for probation, such as the fact that defendant continued to
engage in criminal behavior despite being previously warned by the court just a few months earlier.
Although another referee had presided at the adjudicative phase, we are
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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unpersuaded that the referee at the dispositional hearing lacked sufficient familiarity with defendant’s
case.
Affirmed.
/s/ Roman S. Gribbs
/s/ Henry William Saad
/s/ Paul H. Chamberlain
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