PEOPLE OF MI V MICHAEL ALEXANDER PATTON
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
December 19, 1997
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 193507
Recorder’s Court
LC No. 92-003748
MICHAEL ALEXANDER PATTON,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: O’Connell, P.J., and White and C. F. Youngblood*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant pleaded nolo contendere to manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553, and was
sentenced to five years’ probation, with the first year to be served in the William Dickerson Facility.
Defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his probation and was sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of five to fifteen years. Defendant appeals by leave granted. We affirm. This
case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
Defendant’s five-year minimum sentence does not violate the principle of proportionality.
Defendant violated the terms of his probation on three separate occasions. He also involved himself
with narcotics while on probation, securing a conviction for possession of less than twenty-five grams of
cocaine. Finally, when given the opportunity for substance abuse treatment, defendant failed to abide
by the rules of the treatment program and, as a consequence, was terminated from the program. After
reviewing the record, we are convinced that defendant’s sentence is proportionate to the offense and
offender. People v Hardy, 212 Mich App 318, 321; 537 NW2d 267 (1995).
Affirmed.
/s/ Peter D. O’Connell
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Carole F. Youngblood
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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