PEOPLE OF MI V JAMES MARELL TOWERS

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED May 25, 1999 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 211445 Muskegon Circuit Court LC No. 96-139366 FH JAMES MARELL TOWERS, Defendant-Appellant. Before: Griffin, P.J., and Cavanagh and Fitzgerald, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver 50 grams or more, but less than 225 grams of cocaine, MCL 333.7401(1) and (2)(a)(iii); MSA 14.15(7401)(1) and (2)(a)(iii), and was sentenced to seven to twenty years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E). We reject defendant’s proportionality challenge in light of People v Cobbs, 443 Mich 276, 285; 505 NW2d 208 (1993). Affirmed. /s/ Richard Allen Griffin /s/ Mark J. Cavanagh /s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald -1

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