Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.16y (2026)

MCL 750.520b(2) to 750.532; felonies to which chapter applicable.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


777.16y MCL 750.520b(2) to 750.532; felonies to which chapter applicable.

Sec. 16y.

    This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

    

    M.C.L.

    Category

    Class

    Description

    Stat Max

    750.520b(2)

    Person

    A

    First degree criminal sexual conduct

    Life

    750.520c

    Person

    C

    Second degree criminal sexual conduct

    15

    750.520d

    Person

    B

    Third degree criminal sexual conduct

    15

    750.520e

    Person

    G

    Fourth degree criminal sexual conduct

    2

    750.520g(1)

    Person

    D

    Assault with intent to commit sexual penetration

    10

    750.520g(2)

    Person

    E

    Assault with intent to commit sexual contact

    5

    750.520n

    Pub saf

    G

    Electronic monitoring device violation

    2

    750.528

    Pub saf

    F

    Destroying dwelling house or other property during riot or unlawful assembly

    4

    750.528a

    Pub saf

    F

    Civil disorders — firearms/explosives

    4

    750.529

    Person

    A

    Armed robbery

    Life

    750.529a

    Person

    A

    Carjacking

    Life

    750.530

    Person

    C

    Unarmed robbery

    15

    750.531

    Person

    C

    Bank robbery/safebreaking

    Life

    750.532

    Person

    H

    Seduction

    5

    

History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 279, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 304, Eff. Apr. 15, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 166, Eff. Aug. 28, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 655, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2007

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 144 cases (35 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: People v. Ford, 687 N.W.2d 119 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
People v. Ford, 687 N.W.2d 119 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 4× “MCL 777.16y. But armed robbery is a class A offense while bank robbery, by whatever means committed, is a class C offense.”
People v. Bonilla-Machado, 803 N.W.2d 217 (Mich. 2011). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16y. Defendant also has a prior unrelated conviction for assaulting a prison employee, which is statutorily categorized as a crime against public safety.”
People v. Drohan, 715 N.W.2d 778 (Mich. 2006). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16y. *793 When it sentenced defendant, the court calculated his prior record variable (PRV) level at 20 points.”
People v. Young, 740 N.W.2d 347 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Further, because armed robbery is an offense covered by the sentencing guidelines, MCL 777.16y, a trial court must impose a minimum sentence within the range provided by application of the sentencing guidelines, MCL 769.”
People v. Lopez, 854 N.W.2d 205 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “Defendant does not dispute that the court correctly scored the guidelines and sentenced defendant as a III-F offender for armed robbery, which is a Class A felony, MCL 777.16y, to incarceration for 35 to 55 years.”
People v. Armstrong, 851 N.W.2d 856 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “…v Jackson, 487 Mich 783, 793-794 ; 790 NW2d 340 (2010); People v Francisco, 474 Mich 82, 91-92 ; 711 NW2d 44 (2006). MCL 777.16y; MCL 777.63.”
People v. Babcock, 624 N.W.2d 479 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “MCL 777.16y; MSA 28.1274(26y). The trial court's reasons for imposing a three-year probationary sentence with sixty days in jail included the "harshness" of the guidelines, the lack of a prior record, and the presence of a family relationship.”
People v. MacK, 695 N.W.2d 342 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). “MCL 777.16y. Thus, under the plain language of MCL 771.”
People v. Morson, 685 N.W.2d 203 (Mich. 2004). “MCL 777.16y. MCL 777.22(1), as amended by 2002 PA 143 , provided: For all crimes against a person, score offense variables 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, and 20.”
People v. Bemer, 777 N.W.2d 464 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “In order to determine the applicable range, *32 the trial court first had to score defendant’s prior record variables (PRVs) and OVs, see MCL 777.21(l)(a) and (b), and then use those totals to determine “the recommended minimum sentence range from the intersection of the…”
People v. Gibbs, 299 Mich. App. 473 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “]” MCL 777.43(1)(g). Gibbs was convicted of two counts of armed robbery and one count of unarmed robbery, which are all classified under the sentencing guidelines as crimes against a person.”
People v. Wilcox, 781 N.W.2d 784 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “Defendant was convicted of first-degree CSC, [12] which is a felony enumerated in MCL 777.16y. It is undisputed that he committed the offense after January 1, 1999.”
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