State v. Brown
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's sentence and affirming Defendant's convictions and rejecting other constitutional challenges to his sentence and restitution order, holding that the court of appeals did not err.
After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of aggravated robbery and eight counts of kidnapping. The district court sentenced Defendant to a presumptive 200-month term of immurement and ordered Defendant to pay restitution. The court of appeals affirmed Defendant's convictions but vacated his sentence, concluding that the district court erred in classifying Defendant's prior Michigan juvenile adjudication for armed robbery as a person felony. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the court of appeals property affirmed the district court's order denying Defendant's Batson challenge; and (2) Defendant's constitutional challenges to his sentence and restitution order are resolved by this Court's recent opinions addressing identical claims.
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