Opinion
No. 134490.
January 11, 2008.
Court of Appeals No. 276338.
The defendant has failed to meet the burden of establishing entitlement to relief under MCR 6.508(D).
Leave to Appeal Denied January 11, 2008.
Defendant pleaded guilty of assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole, for the assault conviction. In this motion for relief from judgment, defendant challenges the legitimacy of that sentence in light of the current Michigan Parole Board's "life means life" policy. In Foster-Bey v Rubitschun,
Unpublished opinion of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, issued October 23, 2007 (Docket No. 05-71318).
Judge Marianne O. Battani of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that changes made to Michigan's parole law and polices in 1992 and 1999 violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. For the reasons discussed in my dissenting statement in People v Scott, 480 Mich 1019 (2008), I believe the Court should grant leave to appeal in this case as well as in Scott to consider the jurisprudentially significant issues raised in the Foster-Bey decision.
US Const. art I, § 10, cl 1.
CAVANAGH, J. I join the statement of Justice KELLY.