State of Michigan v Sam, 482 Mich 1072; 769 NW2d 227 (2008)
SC: 136756
Michigan Supreme Court
November 26, 2008, Decided
Prior case history: COA: 285016. Wayne County Circuit Court Case No.: 07-008606.
OPINION
On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the May 27, 2008 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the defendant's plea-based conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor-third offense (OUIL 3rd), MCL 257.625(1), (9)(c), because the prosecution concedes that it could not have prosecuted the defendant for this offense under the statute as it was written at the time of the defendant's offense. See People v New, 427 Mich 482, 491-492; 398 NW2d 358 (1986); People v Hammond, 187 Mich App 105, 110-113; 466 NW2d 335 (1991). We note that the November 29, 2007 judgment of sentence reflects a plea to the original charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious impairment of a body function of another person, MCL 257.625(5); the discrepancy between the judgment of sentence and the defendant's actual plea to OUIL 3rd appears to have been the result of a clerical error. We REINSTATE the original charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious impairment of a body function of another person, MCL 257.625(5), and REMAND this case to the Wayne Circuit Court for trial or for further proceedings consistent with this order. In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the remaining questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.