Michigan law sections 750.356a and 750.356b address penalties for larceny involving motor vehicles, trailers, and coin-operated telephones. Section 750.356a clarifies that prior convictions cannot further enhance sentences under certain sections, while 750.356b makes breaking into coin-operated telephones for theft a felony, regardless of value or damage caused.
In Michigan, prior convictions cannot be used to further enhance sentences for certain theft-related charges under specific sections of the law, including sections 10, 11, or 12 of chapter IX.
Breaking into a coin-operated telephone or its attached coin device to steal money, regardless of value or damage caused, is considered a felony in Michigan.
Damaging the telephone or coin device does not change the fact that breaking into it for theft is a felony; the key factor is the act of breaking or entering for theft purposes.
Prior theft convictions do not influence the sentence enhancement for breaking into coin-operated telephones under Michigan law, as specified in section 750.356a.