People of Michigan v. Thomas Mulholland

Opinion

STATE OF MICHIGAN

COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED March 1, 2018

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v No. 335078 Ingham Circuit Court

JAMES C. MULHOLLAND, JR., LC No. 15-001145-FH

Defendant-Appellant.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v No. 335218 Ingham Circuit Court

THOMAS MULHOLLAND, LC No. 15-001085-FH

Defendant-Appellant.

Before: O’CONNELL, P.J., and BECKERING and STEPHENS, JJ.

STEPHENS, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I write separately only as to OV 10. While I agree that some pre-offense conduct occurred, I disagree as to the vulnerability of the victims. There is no evidence that the victims were physically weak, suffered any mental incapacity or emotional vulnerability. The defendants certainly victimized the complainants. They took money from them based upon lies and deception. However, the economic crime at issue requires the existence of a level of trust and familiarly between the victim and the perpetrator. The record does not reveal that the defendants exploited special knowledge regarding the victims’ susceptibility to economic crime, nor the exploitation of an intimate relationship with the victims sufficient to justify assessment of

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points under OV 10.

/s/ Cynthia Diane Stephens