Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

Re: plea agreement

Under Michigan's "truth in sentencing" law, a defendant sentenced to prison must serve the full minimum term set by the judge. No good time reduction. So, if the sentence was 18-60 months, he'd have to serve the 18 months before being paroled. One exception to this would be if he was eligible for a boot camp placement, but that's too technical to answer here with the sparce information you provided.

Indiana may not have a law like T.I.S., and there might be a standard "parole after serving 50%" rule. We don't have that any more. Read more about the T.I.S, law at www.prosecutingattorney.info ... click on Legal Definitions ... scroll down to the "T"s.

If he was sentenced to a county jail term, he'd face only 12 months jail maximum and could get good time reductions, and maybe even early release beyond that due to jail overcrowding.