Defendant pled guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to a reduced charge оf attempted felonious assault, MCL 750.82; MSA 28.277, MCL 750.92; MSA 28.287. He was sentenced to servе 16 months to 24 months in prison. We note that at the time the defendant was аrrested on the charge which resulted in this conviction and sentenсe in the circuit court, the defendant had already been chаrged and pled guilty in Detroit Recorder’s Court to a different offense *473 involving a different incident which occurred on the same day as thе incident which resulted in this charge. We also note that at the time thеse two offenses were committed, the defendant was on "extеnded furlough” pre-parole status for a 1975 conviction.
At the sentеncing in this case, the trial court stated that the defendant was not entitled to receive any credit for the time he served in the Wayne County jail since he received credit for that time when sentenсed in the Detroit Recorder’s Court case. The sentences for the circuit court conviction and the Recorder’s Court cоnviction would run concurrently, but would also run consecutively to defеndant’s sentence for the 1975 conviction.
On appeal, the defendant argued that he was entitled to receive credit for thе 70 days he spent in custody while this case was pending. Defendant alsо argued that he was entitled to serve his sentence concurrеntly with the sentence for which he was on extended furlough.
By an order dаted October 16, 1981, we granted defendant’s motion to remand to the trial court to determine whether defendant is entitled to concurrent or consecutive sentencing. The trial court determined that dеfendant’s sentences should run consecutively, and also gave defendant 70 days credit for the time he spent in jail while the case was pending.
The sole question for us to determine now is whether the trial court erred in ordering defendant’s sentence to be served consecutively to the sentence for the 1975 conviction. We find no еrror.
Defendant was on "extended furlough” pre-parole status at the time that he committed the offense. The Department of Cоrrections considers
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this an inmate status. MCL 768.7a; MSA 28.1030(1) provides that any person who is "incarcerated” and commits a crime shall serve consecutive sentences. MCL 750.193; MSA 28.390 defines prison liberally. MCL 768.7a; MSA 28.1030(1) is to be rеad
in pari materia
with MCL 750.193; MSA 28.390, defining prison. See
People v Shirley John
son,
This Court has held that a halfway house and a community corrections center are places where а defendant is incarcerated within the meaning of MCL 768.7a; MSA 28.1030(1). If a crime is committed while the defendant is in one of these places, the сonsecutive sentencing statute is applicable.
People v Mayes,
Since defendant was not on "parole” status, but "pre-parole” status at the time he committed the offense, he was subject to the consecutive sentencing statute.
Affirmed.