PEOPLE OF MI V TERENCE ANTHONY MACKSON
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
May 11, 1999
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 202021
Washtenaw Circuit Court
LC No. 93-001695 FH
TERENCE ANTHONY MACKSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 202022
Washtenaw Circuit Court
LC No. 94-002994 FH
TERENCE ANTHONY MACKSON,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Gage, P.J., and Gribbs and Hoekstra, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals by right his sentences for possession of less than 25 grams of heroin, MCL
333.7403(2)(a)(v); MSA 14.15(7403)(2)(a)(v), and first-degree retail fraud, second offense, MCL
750.356(c); MSA 28.588(3), entered after defendant pleaded guilty to violating probation. We affirm.
On appeal, defendant argues that his one to four-year sentence for possession of heroin, and his
one to three-year sentence for retail fraud are disproportionate. There is no merit to this argument.
Under People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630; 461 NW2d 1 (1990), the key test of proportionality is
whether the sentence reflects the seriousness of the matter. People v Lemons, 454 Mich 234, 260;
562 NW2d 447 (1997). Along with the instant crimes, defendant was also found guilty of a number of
other offenses, causing the trial court to observe that defendant was a
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“one-man crime spree.” Given defendant’s long criminal history, there is no showing that his sentences
in these cases were disproportionate.
Affirmed.
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
/s/ Roman S. Gribbs
/s/ Joel P. Hoekstra
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