CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals

People v Lewis

Rebutting presumptive proportionality of a within-guidelines drug sentence

Decided

The citation

People v Lewis, unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued November 6, 2026 (Docket No. 375095), pp 4-5

From the case summary

During a drug-trafficking investigation, Lewis delivered methamphetamine and marijuana to an undercover officer. He claimed he had been offered $20 to carry a package and did not know it contained drugs, but a jury convicted him of both deliveries. After the prosecution conceded that a…

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