Sec. 3. (1) If a person is convicted of an offense punishable by a fine or imprisonment, or both, the court may impose a conditional sentence and order the person to pay a fine, with or without the costs of prosecution, and restitution as provided under section 1a of this chapter or the crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834, within a limited time stated in the sentence and, in default of payment, sentence the person as provided by law. (2) Except for a person who is convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the first or third degree, the court may also place the offender on probation with the condition that the offender pay a fine, costs, damages, restitution, or any combination in installments with any limited time and may, upon default in any of those payments, impose sentence as provided by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.3
Conditional sentence; payment of fine; probation
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Williams v. Illinois (1970)
Most recently applied in People v. Cunningham (June 2014)
1927, Act 175, Eff
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