In the early morning hours of April 19, 1991, defendant fired several shots from an automatic rifle into the Fleming Administration Building located on the University of Michigan campus. He was charged with intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure, MCL 750.234b; MSA 28.431(2), malicious destruction of property over $100, MCL 750.380; MSA 28.612, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b; MSA 28.424(2). Defendant brought a motion to quash, alleging that the Double Jeopardy Clause, US Const, Am V, and Const 1963, art 1, § 15, precluded a conviction and sentence for both the underlying felony of intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure and felony-firearm. The circuit court granted defendant’s motion and dismissed the felony-firearm count. Defendant subsеquently pleaded guilty to the charges of intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure and malicious *56 destruction of property. 1 The prosecution now appeаls by leave granted. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
In granting defendant’s motion, the circuit court found that the purpose of the felony-firearm statute was to punish for the use of a firearm, as distinguished from other weapons, in the commission of a felony. It noted that only felonies in which the use of a firearm is optional оr discretionary may serve as underlying felonies for a felony-firearm charge. The court reasoned that the charges of felony-firearm and discharge of a firearm at а dwelling were essentially the same offense because all the elements of the former charge were included in the elements of the latter charge. Accordingly, it concluded that the legislative purpose underlying the felony-firearm statute would be violated if defendant were charged and tried for both offenses. The court rejected the рrosecution’s argument that the felony-firearm charge could remain with the charge of malicious destruction of property, rather than the charge of intentional dischаrge of a firearm at a building, as the underlying felony.
The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the Michigan and the United States Constitutions protect against successive prosecutions fоr the same offense and against multiple punishments for the same offense.
People v Bewersdorf,
Different tests are used to determine legislative intent under the federal standard and the Michigan standard. Under the federal test, where the same act or transaction is a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test used in determining whether there are two offenses or only one is whether each offense requires proof of a fact that the other does not.
Blockburger v United States,
Where, as here, a legislature specifically authorizes cumulative punishment under two statutes, *58 regardless of whether those two statutes proscribe the "same” cоnduct under Blockburger, a court’s task of statutory construction is at an end and the prosecutor may seek and the trial court or jury may impose cumulative punishment under such statutes in a single triаl.
Michigan courts have rejected the Blockburger test in favor of a more traditional means of determining the intent of the Legislature by examining the subject, language, and history of the statutes. Robideau, supra at 486; Sturgis, supra at 404-405. Legislative intent may be determined by exаmining the type of harm each statute is designed to prevent. Robideau, supra at 487. Where two statutes prohibit violations of the same social norm, it generally can be concluded that the Legislature did not intend multiple punishments. Id. Additionally, legislative intent may be found in the amount of punishment authorized by the Legislature and whether the statutes are hierarchical or cumulative. Id.; Harrington, supra at 428. A comparison of the elements of the offense may also be helpful. Sturgis, supra at 409.
We believe in the present case that our evaluation of legislative intent under both the federal and state standard must begin and end with the language of the felony-firearm statute.
Garrett, supra; People v Morton,
(1) A person who carries or has in his or her possession а firearm when he or she commits or attempts to commit a felony, except a violation of section 223, section 227, 227a or 230, is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for 2 yeаrs.[ 2 ]_
*59 (2) A term of imprisonment prescribed by this section is in addition to the sentence imposed for the conviction of the felony, or the attempt to commit the felony, and shall be served consecutively with and preceding any term of imprisonment imposed for the conviction of the felony or the attempt to commit the felony.
It is clear from the language of the statute that the Legislature intended, with only a few stated exceptions, that every felony committed by a person possessing a firearm result in a felony-firearm conviction.
Sturgis, supra
at 406-407;
Morton, supra
at 656. See also
People v Elowe,
The statutе that punishes the intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure, MCL 750.234b; MSA 28.431(2), is not one of the exceptions provided in the felony-firearm statute. Therefоre, we can only conclude that the Legislature intended that the felony-firearm statute apply to those who commit the act prohibited under MCL 750.234b; MSA 28.431(2). Legislative history supports this finding. Thе offense of intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure along with the offense of inten
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tionally discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle in suсh a manner as to endanger the safety of another, MCL 750.234a; MSA 28.431(1), and the offense of intentionally discharging a firearm at an emergency or law enforcement vehicle, MCL 750.234c; MSA 28.431(3), wеre added to the Criminal Code by
Although we acknowledge the argument presentеd by defendant that the crime of intentional discharge of a firearm at a dwelling necessarily includes the elements of felony-firearm, we believe that we are bound by what we рerceive to be the clear intent of the Legislature. 3 It is not our role to pass upon the wisdom of a statutory enactment. Elowe, supra at 750. Furthermore, we note that to hold that defendant could not be charged with felony-firearm because the underlying felony required the use of a firearm could itself produce an absurd result. Defendant would not be subjected tо the mandatory two-year sentence imposed by the felony-firearm statute even though he fired an automatic rifle at an occupied building, while a defendant convicted of a felony such as operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, third offense, MCL 257.625(6); MSA *61 9.2325(6), 4 would be subject to the mandatory sentence if he possessed a firearm at the same time. See Adair, supra.
On the basis of the foregoing analysis, we conclude that the trial court erred in dismissing the felony-firearm charge.
Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion. We do not retain jurisdiction.
Notes
At the time of the plea, the prosecution informed the trial court of the possibility of an appeal from its dеcision to grant the motion to quash.
MCL 750.223; MSA 28.420 prohibits the unlawful sale of a firearm; MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424 prohibits the carrying of a concealed *59 weapon; MCL 750.227a; MSA 28.424(1) prohibits the unlawful possession of a firеarm by a licensee; MCL 750.230; MSA 28.427 prohibits the alteration of identifying marks on a firearm.
In
People v Bonner,
See