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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 777.54

  • 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
  • Juvenile: means a person within the jurisdiction of the circuit court under section 606 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Juvenile adjudication: includes an adjudication set aside under section 18e of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 777.50
  • 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 4 is prior low severity juvenile adjudications. Score prior record variable 4 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 6 or more prior low severity juvenile adjudications……………….. 20 points
(b) The offender has 5 prior low severity juvenile adjudications……………….. 15 points
(c) The offender has 3 or 4 prior low severity juvenile adjudications……………….. 10 points
(d) The offender has 2 prior low severity juvenile adjudications……………….. 5 points
(e) The offender has 1 prior low severity juvenile adjudication………………… 2 points
(f) The offender has no prior low severity juvenile adjudications……………….. 0 points

(2) As used in this section, “prior low severity juvenile adjudication” means a juvenile adjudication for conduct that would be any of the following if committed by an adult, if the order of disposition was entered before the sentencing offense was committed:

  (a) A crime listed in offense class E, F, G, or H.
  (b) A felony under a law of the United States or another state corresponding to a crime listed in offense class E, F, G, or H.
  (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 less than 10 years.
  (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 less than 10 years.