People of Michigan v. John Marshall Atkins Jr

• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Decided: March 29, 2016
• Docket: 151057
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

March 29, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra 151057 Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Joan L. Larsen, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 151057 COA: 324953 Oakland CC: 89-095782-FC JOHN MARSHALL ATKINS, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

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By order of December 22, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the January 21, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd 575 US ___; 135 S Ct 1546; 191 L Ed 2d 635 (2015). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on January 25, 2016, 577 US ___; 136 S Ct 718; 193 L Ed 2d 599 (2016), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the sentence of the Oakland Circuit Court for the defendant’s first-degree murder conviction, and we REMAND this case to the trial court for resentencing on that conviction pursuant to MCL 769.25 and MCL 769.25a. See Montgomery, supra; Miller v Alabama, 567 US ___; 132 S Ct 2455; 183 L Ed 2d 407 (2012). In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the remaining questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.

We do not retain jurisdiction.

I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. March 29, 2016 a0321 Clerk