PEOPLE OF MI V PATRICIA LARD

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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED May 15, 1998 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 200725 Genesee Circuit Court LC No. 90-043841 FH PATRICIA LARD, Defendant-Appellant. Before: Bandstra, P.J., and MacKenzie and N.O. Holowka*, JJ. MEMORANDUM. Defendant pleaded guilty to delivery of less than fifty grams of cocaine, MCL 333.7401(1) and (2)(a)(iv); MSA 14.15(7401)(1) and (2)(a)(iv), and conspiracy to use cocaine, MCL 333.7404(2)(a); MSA 14.15(7404)(2)(a), MCL 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1). She was sentenced to lifetime probation. Defendant was subsequently found in violation of the terms of her probation and sentenced to two 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). Defendant’s two-year minimum sentence does not violate the principle of proportionality, particularly where defendant repeatedly failed to take advantage of the numerous rehabilitative opportunities offered to her, where defendant demonstrated an inability to conform her behavior to the rules of the county jail, where defendant incurred a conviction of assault and battery during her probation, and where defendant awaits the disposition of a charge of first-degree retail fraud that she incurred during her probation. People v Williams, 223 Mich 409, 410-412; 566 NW2d 649 (1997). Further, the trial court adequately articulated its reasons on the record for the sentence imposed. People v Fleming, 428 Mich 408, 428; 410 NW2d 266 (1987). We affirm. * Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment. -1­ /s/ Richard A. Bandstra /s/ Barbara B. MacKenzie /s/ Nick O. Holowka -2­

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