32-n Parole in Michigan
Library | A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (2020 Edition) |
32-N. Parole in Michigan
If you are serving an indeterminate sentence in a Michigan state prison, and you have served your minimum sentence minus any allowances (such as good time or a disciplinary credit), the Michigan state Parole Board may grant you parole at its discretion.272 You may be granted "special parole" before you finish serving your minimum term, if your sentencing judge gives written approval.273
If you are serving a sentence for a drug offense, you may be eligible for parole before your minimum term is over-after half your minimum sentence, after five years, after ten years, or after seventeen and a half years-depending on the severity of your offense.274
If you are serving a life sentence, you may still be eligible for parole, unless you were convicted of first degree murder, adulterating medicine/drugs or selling adulterated medicine/drugs, explosives-related offenses, or criminal sexual conduct.275 You may become eligible for parole from a life sentence within as few as ten years, depending on the crime for which you were convicted.276 See Section 791.234(8) of the Michigan Compiled Laws for additional conditions that will apply.
If you have been sentenced for consecutive terms, you become eligible for parole when you have served the total time of the added minimum terms, minus any good time and disciplinary credits, if you are not subject to added disciplinary time.277 If you have remaining consecutive terms to serve and have not received added disciplinary time while in prison, the Parole Board is allowed to terminate the remainder of the sentence you are currently serving once you have served the minimum term of your present sentence.278
The Michigan Parole Board will not grant you parole until it is satisfied that you made arrangements for employment, education, and any necessary mental health or medical care.279 You must have earned your high school diploma or GED if you were not employed when you committed the crime, unless you were sentenced before December 15, 1998, or your minimum sentence was less than two years.280
The Parole Board must interview you at least one month before your minimum sentence has expired, minus applicable good time and disciplinary credits and as long as you are not subject to disciplinary time.281 However, the Parole Board does not have to...
To continue reading
Request your trial- A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual
- Chapter 32 Parole[*] (32 to 32 O)
- 32 Parole[*] [details]
- 32-c Minimum Term of Incarceration Under an Indeterminate Sentence and Conditional Release Under a Determinate Sentence
- 32-d Shock Incarceration Program
- 32-e Sentence of Parole Supervision
- 32 F Parole Release Hearing and Appeals (32 F 1 to 32 F 9)
- 32-f Parole Release Hearing and Appeals (32-f-1 to 32-f-9)
- 32 G Release on Parole (32 G 1 to 32 G 4)
- 32-g Release on Parole (32-g-1 to 32-g-4)
- 32-h Revocation of Your Parole (taking Away Your Parole) (32-h-1 to 32-h-5)
- 32 H Revocation of Your Parole (taking Away Your Parole) (32 H 1 to 32 H 5)
- 32-i Release from Parole Supervision
- 32-j Parole in California
- 32-k Parole in Florida
- 32-l Parole in Illinois
- 32-m Parole in Texas
- 32-n Parole in Michigan
Subscribers can access the reported version of this case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the cited cases and legislation of a document.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the documents that have cited the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see the revised versions of legislation with amendments.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see any amendments made to the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a visualisation of a case and its relationships to other cases. An alternative to lists of cases, the Precedent Map makes it easier to establish which ones may be of most relevance to your research and prioritise further reading. You also get a useful overview of how the case was received.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see the list of results connected to your document through the topics and citations Vincent found.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.