Sec. 51.
(1) Prior record variable 1 is prior high severity felony convictions. Score prior record variable 1 by determining which of the following apply and by assigning the number of points attributable to the one that has the highest number of points:
| (a) The offender has 3 or more prior high |
| severity felony convictions..................... 75 points |
| (b) The offender has 2 prior high severity |
| felony convictions.............................. 50 points |
| (c) The offender has 1 prior high severity |
| felony conviction............................... 25 points |
| (d) The offender has no prior high severity |
| felony convictions.............................. 0 points |
(2) As used in this section, "prior high severity felony conviction" means a conviction for any of the following, if the conviction was entered before the sentencing offense was committed:
(a) A crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, or D.
(b) A felony under a law of the United States or another state corresponding to a crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, or D.
(c) A felony that is not listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H and that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years or more.
(d) A felony under a law of the United States or another state that does not correspond to a crime listed in offense class M2, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or H and that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years or more.
History: Add. 1998, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 15, 1998 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 655, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2007
Last modified: October 10, 2016