{"id":930,"date":"2020-10-30T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=930"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:12:27","slug":"michigan-sentencing-guidelines-under-mcl-769-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-sentencing-guidelines-under-mcl-769-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Under MCL 769.34"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been charged with and convicted of a felony in Michigan, then you are probably wondering if you will go to jail, and for how long. One of the most important factors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/what-are-the-michigan-rules-of-criminal-procedure\/\">Michigan Criminal Procedure<\/a>, are the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines. All parties involved with your case will utilize the sentencing guidelines in determining an appropriate sentence for you. Because of this, it is important for you to know and understand the sentencing guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been charged with a federal crime, then see our companion article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/what-are-the-federal-criminal-sentencing-guidelines.html\"><em>What Are the Federal Sentencing Guidelines<\/em><\/a>? For information on jail time on DUI cases see this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/dui-jail-penalties.html\"><em>DUI Jail Penalties<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The History of the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines<\/h3>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-sentencing-guidelines-under-mcl-769-34\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Under MCL 769.34\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been charged with and convicted of a felony in Michigan, then you are probably wondering if you will go to jail, and for how long. One of the most important factors in Michigan Criminal Procedure, are the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines. All parties involved with your case will utilize the sentencing guidelines in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-penalties","category-dui-penalties","category-felony-offenses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Under MCL 769.34 &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; October 30, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have been charged with and convicted of a felony in Michigan, then you are probably wondering if you will go to jail, and for how long. 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