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Macomb County Prosecutor v. Osantowski

Supreme Court of Michigan
Nov 24, 2010
488 Mich. 952 (Mich. 2010)

Summary

reinstating the Board's grant of parole because it “was based on evaluation of objective criteria established by [MDOC] policy directives that were required by statute, and was within the range of principled outcomes,” and reversing an unpublished opinion of this Court to the contrary

Summary of this case from In re Parole of Elias

Opinion

Nos. 141492 and 141494.

November 24, 2010.

Court of Appeals No. 291628.


Leave to Appeal Denied.

Pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and we reinstate the Parole Board decision. The Parole Board did not abuse its discretion in granting parole to the defendant. The decision to grant parole was based on evaluation of objective criteria established by Michigan Department of Corrections policy directives that were required by statute, and was within the range of principled outcomes.

YOUNG, J., would grant leave to appeal.


Summaries of

Macomb County Prosecutor v. Osantowski

Supreme Court of Michigan
Nov 24, 2010
488 Mich. 952 (Mich. 2010)

reinstating the Board's grant of parole because it “was based on evaluation of objective criteria established by [MDOC] policy directives that were required by statute, and was within the range of principled outcomes,” and reversing an unpublished opinion of this Court to the contrary

Summary of this case from In re Parole of Elias
Case details for

Macomb County Prosecutor v. Osantowski

Case Details

Full title:MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTOR v. OSANTOWSKI

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Nov 24, 2010

Citations

488 Mich. 952 (Mich. 2010)

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