People of Michigan v. Yolanda Simpson

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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

Stephen J. Markman

Brian K. Zahra

150981 Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano

Richard H. Bernstein

Joan L. Larsen,

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee,

v SC: 150981 COA: 324176 Wayne CC: 84-002060-FC

YOLANDA SIMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

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By order of November 24, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the December 11, 2014 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 Wayne Circuit Court on the defendant’s first-degree murder conviction, and we REMAND this case to the trial court for resentencing pursuant to MCL 769.25 and MCL 769.25a. See Montgomery, supra, and Miller v Alabama, 567 US ___; 132 S Ct 2455; 183 L Ed 2d 407 (2012).

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

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