1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mich.
  4. 407 Mich.
  5. 407 Mich. 96 (1979)
 

PEOPLE v. FOUNTAIN

Docket Nos. 60151, 61345.

407 Mich. 96 (1979)

282 N.W.2d 168

PEOPLE v. FOUNTAIN PEOPLE v. JONES

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Michael R. Mueller, Director, Prosecutor's Repeat Offenders Bureau, and Raymond P. Walsh and Larry L. Roberts, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for the people in Fountain.

Kraizman & Kraizman for defendant Fountain.

State Appellate Defender (by Kim Robert Fawcett) for defendant Jones.

PER CURIAM:

Is it permissible to enhance sentence under the habitual offenders act1 if the prosecutor has reliable information pertaining to a person's prior felony record before trial but does not charge the person as an habitual offender until after conviction is entered on the current felony charge?

Alvin Fountain was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in Recorder's Court of Detroit...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases