Description: Howell, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree retail fraud.

Defendant, Robert Hamilton, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree retail fraud, MCL 750.356c. The trial court sentenced him as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to concurrent sentences of 18 months' to 15 years' imprisonment. Hamilton's sentences are concurrent with each other and with two other sentences of incarceration that he was already serving. The terms of Hamilton's plea agreement with the prosecution were that his sentences would be concurrent with the sentences he was already serving, but he contends that the trial court additionally promised him that he would not serve any additional time. Hamilton moved for specific performance of his plea agreement or resentencing on the basis of accurate information about his plea agreement, which the trial court denied.

People v. Hamilton, 369012 (Mich. App. Nov 19, 2024)

Outcome: Affirmed

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