The attorney for a former Bay City businessman convicted of criminal sexual conduct says his client received too harsh of a punishment. “(Mark A.) Bennett made a colossal mistake,” said Bay City attorney Matthew L. Reyes, who defended Bennett against 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct with a person 13 to 15 years old. “I think he should be punished. Prison is appropriate. But (the minimum sentence) is disproportionately high.” In sentencing Bennett today, Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran exceeded the guidelines set forth in a pre-sentence report prepared by a probation officer. Guidelines called for a minimum of 51 to 85 months. The maximum penalty is 15 years.
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