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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 777.51

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: includes any of the following:
  (i) Assignment to youthful trainee status under section 11 to 15 of chapter II. See Michigan Laws 777.50
  • Felony: means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   (1) Prior record variable 1 is prior high severity felony convictions. Score prior record variable 1 by determining which of the following apply and by assigning the number of points attributable to the one that has the highest number of points:

    (a) The offender has 3 or more prior high severity felony convictions…………………. 75 points
    (b) The offender has 2 prior high severity felony convictions…………………. 50 points
    (c) The offender has 1 prior high severity felony conviction………………….. 25 points
    (d) The offender has no prior high severity felony convictions…………………. 0 points

    (2) As used in this section, “prior high severity felony conviction” means a conviction for any of the following, if the conviction was entered before the sentencing offense was committed:

      (a) A crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, or D.
      (b) A felony under a law of the United States or another state corresponding to a crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, or D.
      (c) A felony that is not listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H and that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years or more.
      (d) A felony under a law of the United States or another state that does not correspond to a crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H and that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years or more.