Sentencing Guidelines
This page contains links to online resources related to felony sentencing in Michigan, including the current and former versions of the Sentencing Guidelines Manual, MJI Publications & Quick Reference materials, and court forms.
- Michigan Judicial Sentencing Guidelines 1982 First Revised Edition
- Michigan Judicial Sentencing Guidelines 1988 Second Edition
- 1987 Proposed Revisions to the 1982 edition of the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines
- Michigan Judicial Institute - Felony Sentencing Online Resources
Lockridge
In People v Lockridge, 498 Mich 358 (2015), the Michigan Supreme Court concluded that the Michigan sentencing guidelines create a mandatory minimum sentence range that violates the rule of Apprendi v New Jersey, 530 US 466 (2000), and Alleyne v United States, 133 S Ct 2151 (2013), and thus violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, because the sentencing scheme uses judicial fact-finding in the scoring of the offense variables. SADO has put together important resources for practitioners and defendants to help advocate in the post-Lockridge era.
Additional Information:
- Lockridge and Advisory Sentencing Guidelines
- FAQs for Practitioners Following Lockridge
- Guide for Defendants Following Lockridge
- Training Videos: Lockridge: What You Need to Know and Negotiating Plea Agreements in the Era of Advisory Sentencing Guidelines.
- United States Sentencing Commission Departure and Variance Primer
Sample Lockridge Pleadings:
SADO Sentencing Trainings
- Macomb County Michigan Felony Sentencing Seminar (2011)
- Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Boot Camp (2011)
- Advanced Michigan Felony Sentencing Guidelines Seminar (2011)
- Sentence Law Updates (2012)
- Michigan Felony Sentencing (2012)
- Advanced Michigan Felony Sentencing Guidelines Seminar (2012)
- Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Boot Camp (2012)
- Advanced Felony Sentencing Seminar (2012)
- Sentencing Law Updates (2013)
- Felony Sentencing Seminar (2013)
- Use of COMPAS at Sentencing (2014)
- Holistic Justice Approaches at Sentencing (2014)
- Advanced Felony Sentencing Seminar (2014)
- Michigan Felony Sentencing Law Update (2014)
- Sentencing Law Update (2015)
- Advanced Topics in Pleas & Sentencing (2015)
- Lockridge: What you Need to Know (2015)
