People of Michigan v. Leander Kriegg Foster ( 2016 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
March 29, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
151300 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 151300
COA: 324440
Wayne CC: 94-006481-FC
LEANDER KRIEGG FOSTER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of December 22, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the March 4,
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
Wayne 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).
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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Clerk