(concurring). I concur in the result of the majority opinion. As this Court recognized in People v *165Claypool, 470 Mich 715; 684 NW2d 278 (2004), the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Blakely v Washington, 542 US 296; 124 S Ct 2531; 159 L Ed 2d 403 (2004), which considered whether facts that increase the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum sentence must be submitted to the jury, does not affect Michigan’s scoring system, which establishes the recommended minimum sentence.
CAVANAGH, J., concurred in the result only.