People of Michigan v. Yolanda Simpson ( 2016 )

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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Clerk