Opinion
SC: 159820 COA: 348280
11-27-2019
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marshall Garrett BUNCH, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 8, 2019 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Gladwin Circuit Court. The trial court recited the general purposes of sentencing presented in People v. Cervantes , 448 Mich. 620, 532 N.W.2d 831 (1995), without providing an explanation for how the defendant’s sentence served those purposes. On remand, the trial court shall either issue an order articulating why the defendant’s sentence is warranted, including the extent of the departure, or resentence the defendant. People v. Lockridge , 498 Mich. 358, 870 N.W.2d 502 (2015) ; People v. Smith , 482 Mich. 292, 754 N.W.2d 284 (2008).