Opinion
372332
11-06-2024
PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN v. CINDY SUE NORGREN
LC No. 23-045870-FH
Kathleen Jansen Presiding Judge Michael F. Gadola Adrienne N. Young Judges
ORDER
The application for leave to appeal is DENIED for lack of merit in the grounds presented.
Young, J., concurs in the denial of leave as to Issue I but would remand on Issue II for the trial court to either conduct a resentencing or justify its discretionary consecutive sentence in accordance with People v Norfleet, 317 Mich.App. 649; 897 N.W.2d 195 (2016). Before making the sentences consecutive, the court stated on the record that it had "stated the reasons why it was consecutive [earlier]." But the earlier explanation for the sentence could just as easily explain why the sentencing judge went to the very top of the guidelines for the embezzlement charge. Without more, this record is insufficient to explain the "strong medicine" that is a consecutive sentence. People v Chambers, 430 Mich. 217, 229, 231; 421 N.W.2d 903 (1988).