People of Michigan v. Tia Marie-Mitchell Skinner ( 2021 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
February 2, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
158924 & (187) Brian K. Zahra
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth T. Clement
Megan K. Cavanagh
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Elizabeth M. Welch,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 158924
COA: 317892
St. Clair CC: 10-002936-FC
TIA MARIE-MITCHELL SKINNER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of May 28, 2019, the application for leave to appeal the November 13,
2018 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
People v Masalmani (Docket No. 154773). On order of the Court, leave to appeal having
been denied in Masalmani on May 29, 2020, 505 Mich ___ (2020), the application is again
considered. It appearing to this Court that the case of Jones v Mississippi, cert gtd ___ US
___; 140 S Ct 1293; 206 L Ed 2d 374 (March 9, 2020) (Docket No 18-1259), is pending
on appeal before the United States Supreme Court and that the decision in that case may
resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the
application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case. The motion to
supplement the application for leave to appeal is GRANTED, to the extent that the
supplement attached to the defendant’s motion is considered as part of her application.
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.
February 2, 2021
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Clerk