COA 376396 PEOPLE OF MI V RAYMOND LOUIS TREADWAY Opinion - Per Curiam - Unpublished 5/12/2026

376396Court Of Appeals12 mag 2026

Testo completo

If this opinion indicates that it is “FOR PUBLICATION,” it is subject to
revision until final publication in the Michigan Appeals Reports.
-1-
S T A T E O F M I C H I G A N
C O U R T O F A P P E A L S
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
UNPUBLISHED
May 12, 2026
9:12 AM
v No. 376396
Jackson Circuit Court
RAYMOND LOUIS TREADWAY, LC No. 2022-001102-FH
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KOROBKIN, P.J., and RIORDAN and MARIANI, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Defendant, Raymond Louis Treadway, appeals by right following resentencing. This
Court previously affirmed defendant’s conviction for domestic violence, third offense, MCL
750.81(2) and (5), as a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12, but vacated his sentence
because the trial court erred in the scoring of defendant’s guidelines.1 Defendant now argues that
he was resentenced on the basis of inaccurate information and that his sentence was
disproportionate. For the reasons below, we disagree and therefore affirm, but remand for the
ministerial purpose of correcting defendant’s presentence investigation report (PSIR).
I. BACKGROUND AND FACTS
This Court summarized the facts of the case in the previous appeal as follows:
Defendant and the victim had been dating and living together for almost two
years when they had an argument. Defendant threatened her, hit her in the face
with either an open or closed fist, and struck her across the back multiple times with
what was described as a flexible, thin, orange, “construction rod.” As the
1 People v Treadway, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 22,
2024 (Docket No. 366323).

-- 1 of 4 --

-2-
altercation continued, and while the victim was on the floor, defendant stomped on
her leg and face.[2]
The trial court initially imposed a sentence of 76 months to 20 years, within but at the top
of a guidelines range of 24 to 76 months. On appeal, we determined that defendant’s guidelines
range should have been calculated at 22 to 76 months; in other words, the bottom of the correct
guidelines range was two months lower than the trial court had calculated. Because errors in
sentencing that alter a defendant’s guidelines range require resentencing, see People v Francisco,
474 Mich 82, 92; 711 NW2d 44 (2006), we vacated defendant’s sentence and remanded for
resentencing consistent with our opinion.
On remand, the trial court imposed the same sentence: 76 months to 20 years.3 Defendant’s
new sentence accordingly falls within, but at the top of, the corrected guidelines range.
Defendant now appeals.
II. ANALYSIS
A. INACCURATE INFORMATION
Defendant first argues that he is entitled to resentencing because he was sentenced on the
basis of inaccurate information. We disagree.
Defendant argues that the presentencing information report (PSIR) is inaccurate.
Specifically, he argues that the PSIR fails to reflect the guidelines correction that this Court ordered
in its opinion. Further, he asserts that it is impossible to determine whether the trial court
considered the corrected lower guidelines because the trial court did not reference the change
during sentencing.
“A defendant is entitled to be sentenced . . . on the basis of accurate information.” People
v McGraw, 484 Mich 120, 131; 771 NW2d 655 (2009). Accordingly, “[w]hen the defendant’s
sentence is . . . based on inaccurate information, a remand for resentencing is required.” People v
Jackson, 487 Mich 783, 792; 790 NW2d 340 (2010) (emphasis omitted). “This Court reviews a
trial court’s response to a defendant’s challenge to the accuracy of a PSIR for an abuse of
discretion.” People v Maben, 313 Mich App 545, 552; 884 NW2d 314 (2015) (quotation marks
and citation omitted).
We agree with defendant that the PSIR was not amended to reflect the corrected guidelines,
as does the prosecution. But the dispositive question is whether the trial court relied upon
inaccurate information in resentencing defendant. See Jackson, 487 Mich at 792. Documentation
provided to the trial court, including the presentencing case report and defendant’s sentencing
2 Id. at 1 (footnote omitted).
3 The judgment of resentence was later amended because it omitted defendant’s status as a fourth-
offense habitual offender.

-- 2 of 4 --

-3-
memorandum, reflects the corrected guideline range. And during the resentencing hearing,
defense counsel requested that defendant be sentenced to the bottom of the guidelines range,
specifying a duration of 22 months, and the prosecutor likewise acknowledged that the guidelines
had adjusted downward by two months. “[W]hen a court . . . disregards information challenged
as inaccurate, the court in effect determines that the information is irrelevant to sentencing.”
People v Taylor, 146 Mich App 203, 205-206; 380 NW2d 47 (1985). Thus, although the trial court
itself did not comment on the guidelines range, the court was apprised of the correct range from
multiple sources and nothing in the record suggests that the trial court relied on the wrong
guidelines range.
Because the trial court did not rely upon an inaccurate guidelines range, defendant is not
entitled to resentencing. See Jackson, 487 Mich at 79. That said, inaccuracies in a PSIR “may
have ramifications for purposes of security classification or parole consideration when
appropriate.” Maben, 313 Mich App at 553 (quotation marks and citation omitted). Therefore,
and noting the prosecution’s concession that the PSIR was not correct, we remand for the
ministerial purpose of correcting the PSIR to reflect the correct guidelines range. See Taylor, 146
Mich App at 205-206 (holding that a defendant is entitled to have information deemed irrelevant
to sentencing stricken from the PSIR); see also People v Harmon, 248 Mich App 522, 534; 640
NW2d 314 (2001) (remanding for “the ministerial task of correcting the presentence investigation
report”); People v Knepper, ___ Mich App ___, ___; ___ NW3d ___ (2024) (Docket No. 363191);
slip op at 9 (affirming sentence but remanding for the limited purpose of modifying the PSIR).
B. PROPORTIONALITY
Defendant also challenges the proportionality of his sentence. We disagree that
defendant’s sentence is disproportionate.
“[D]efendants may challenge the proportionality of any sentence on appeal and [] the
sentence is to be reviewed for reasonableness.” People v Posey, 512 Mich 317, 360; 1 NW3d 101
(2023) (opinion by BOLDEN, J.).4 Challenges to the proportionality of a sentence are reviewed for
abuse of discretion. Id. at 325; People v Steanhouse, 500 Mich 453, 459-460; 902 NW2d 327
(2017). “A trial court abuses its discretion if the imposed sentence is not ‘proportionate to the
seriousness of the circumstances surrounding the offense and the offender.’ ” People v Ventour,
349 Mich App 417, 429; 27 NW3d 660 (2023), quoting Steanhouse, 500 Mich at 459-460.
The presumption that a within-guidelines sentence is proportionate may be overcome.
Posey, 512 Mich at 360. To do so, a defendant must present “unusual circumstances that would
4 Justice BOLDEN’s plurality opinion, joined by Justice BERNSTEIN, is not binding on its own, but
in concurring opinions, Justices CAVANAGH and WELCH agreed that within-guidelines sentences
are reviewed for reasonableness and carry a rebuttable presumption of proportionality. See Posey,
512 Mich at 361, 390 (CAVANAGH, J., concurring); id. at 390, 411-414 (WELCH, J., concurring).
We treat the principles articulated in Justice BOLDEN’s lead opinion as controlling. See People v
Posey (On Remand), 349 Mich App 199, 203; 27 NW3d 137 (2023); People v Purdle, 350 Mich
App 446, 453-454; 32 NW3d 479 (2024).

-- 3 of 4 --

-4-
render the presumptively proportionate sentence disproportionate.” Ventour, 349 Mich App at 430
(quotation marks and citation omitted). Unusual circumstances are uncommon or rare. Id.
Defendant argues that his sentence is disproportionate, focusing on the fact that the trial
court did not consider the mitigating circumstances that defendant had never received domestic
violence counseling previously and that defendant had a history of domestic violence in his family,
nor did the trial court mention the change to the guidelines range. As discussed above, we disagree
that the trial court misapprehended the guidelines range. And even assuming that defendant’s
failure to obtain domestic violence counseling before the current period of incarceration and his
family history of domestic violence are mitigating factors, defendant has failed to show that these
factors are particularly unusual such that his within-guidelines sentence was disproportionate. See
Ventour, 349 Mich App at 430.
Review of the record reveals that the trial court considered “punishment, rehabilitation[]
prospects, deterrence, and protection of society,” the traditional objectives of sentencing in
Michigan. See People v Snow, 386 Mich 586, 592; 194 NW2d 314 (1972); People v Bennett, 335
Mich App 409, 418; 966 NW2d 768 (2021). The trial court observed that defendant had “ten
felonies, twenty[-]one misdemeanors, and a juvenile record.” Indeed, defendant has a long history
of assaultive offenses, including multiple charges and convictions for resisting and obstructing as
well as domestic violence. The court also acknowledged that defendant had “made some progress”
and “taken some classes in prison,” but that defendant’s criminal history reflected that he would
be “out for a little while and then [defendant would do] something else.” In other words, the trial
court doubted defendant’s rehabilitation prospects in light of his history and sought to protect
society from defendant committing more crimes. In imposing the sentence, the trial court
recognized the work defendant had done recently in prison, such as by completing a batterer’s
intervention program and maintaining good conduct, but tempered that recognition given
defendant’s significant and lengthy criminal record and pattern of committing another offense
shortly after release from prison or jail. The trial court reasonably determined that a shorter period
of incarceration would be ineffective to deter defendant from committing future offenses.
In sum, defendant has not rebutted the presumption that his within-guidelines sentence was
proportionate to the offense and the offender. See Ventour, 349 Mich App at 429.
III. CONCLUSION
We conclude that defendant’s arguments that he was sentenced on the basis of inaccurate
information and that his sentence was disproportionate lack merit. Therefore, defendant’s sentence
is affirmed. We remand for ministerial correction of the PSIR to reflect the correct guidelines
range. We do not retain jurisdiction.
/s/ Daniel S. Korobkin
/s/ Michael J. Riordan
/s/ Philip P. Mariani

-- 4 of 4 --

Continua la tua ricerca in ChatGPT o Claude

Collega Omnilex per cercare nel corpus legale dal tuo assistente IA.