February 20, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Santana, Talabi, Cavanagh and Oakes and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled
"The code of criminal procedure,"
by amending section 11 of chapter II (MCL 762.11), as amended by
2004 PA 239.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER II
Sec. 11. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), if
an individual pleads guilty to a criminal offense, committed on or
after the individual's seventeenth birthday but before his or her
twenty-first birthday, the court of record having jurisdiction of
the criminal offense may, without entering a judgment of conviction
and with the consent of that individual, consider and assign that
individual to the status of youthful trainee.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A felony for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for
life.
(b) A major controlled substance offense.
(c) A traffic offense.
(d) A violation, attempted violation, or conspiracy to violate
section 520b, 520c, 520d, or 520e of the Michigan penal code, 1931
PA 328, MCL 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, and 750.520e, other than
section 520d(1)(a) or 520e(1)(a) of the Michigan penal code, 1931
PA 328, MCL 750.520d and 750.520e.
(e) A violation, attempted violation, or conspiracy to violate
section 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520g,
with the intent to commit a violation of section 520b, 520c, 520d,
or 520e of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b,
750.520c, 750.520d, and 750.520e, other than section 520d(1)(a) or
520e(1)(a) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520d
and 750.520e.
(3) The court shall not assign an individual to the status of
youthful trainee if any of the following apply:
(a) The individual was previously convicted of or adjudicated
for a listed offense for which registration is required under the
sex
offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.732.
28.736.
(b) If the individual is charged with a listed offense for
which registration is required under the sex offenders registration
act,
1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.732, 28.736, the individual
fails to carry the burden of proving by clear and convincing
evidence that he or she is not likely to engage in further listed
offenses.
(c) The court determines that the offense involved any of the
following:
(i) A factor set forth in section 520b(1)(a) to (h) of the
Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b.
(ii) A factor set forth in section 520c(1)(a) to (l) of the
Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520c.
(iii) A factor set forth in section 520d(1)(b) to (e) of the
Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520d.
(iv) A factor set forth in section 520e(1)(b) to (f) of the
Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520e.
(4) The court may assign an individual to the status of
youthful trainee under this section regardless of whether the
individual has previously been assigned to that status.
(5) (4)
As used in this section:
(a) "Listed offense" means that term as defined in section 2
of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.722.
(b) "Traffic offense" means a violation of the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or a violation of
a local ordinance substantially corresponding to that act, that
involves the operation of a vehicle and, at the time of the
violation, is a felony or a misdemeanor.