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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 777.57

  • 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
  • firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t
  •   (1) Prior record variable 7 is subsequent or concurrent felony convictions. Score prior record variable 7 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 2 or more subsequent or concurrent convictions……………………………. 20 points
    (b) The offender has 1 subsequent or concurrent conviction………………………………………. 10 points
    (c) The offender has no subsequent or concurrent convictions……………………………………… 0 points

    (2) All of the following apply to scoring record variable 7:

      (a) Score the appropriate point value if the offender was convicted of multiple felony counts or was convicted of a felony after the sentencing offense was committed.
      (b) Do not score a felony firearm conviction in this variable.
      (c) Do not score a concurrent felony conviction if a mandatory consecutive sentence or a consecutive sentence imposed under section 7401(3) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401, will result from that conviction.