Selected summaries of recent orders

Reconsideration required where Wayne Circuit sentence of parolable life for juvenile second-degree murder offender was cruel or unusual punishment

In lieu of granting leave to appeal, the Supreme Court remanded for reconsideration of the denial of Mr. Richardson’s 6.500 motion under People v Stovall, 510 Mich 301 (2022) (holding that defendant’s parolable life sentence for second-degree murder, committed when he was under the age of 18, was cruel or unusual punishment in violation of Const 1963, art 1, § 16). People v Richardson, No. 162579, 03-31-23; In Pro Per.

Reconsideration required where Saginaw Circuit sentence of parolable life for juvenile second-degree murder offender was cruel or unusual punishment

In lieu of granting leave to appeal, the Supreme Court remanded for reconsideration of the denial of Mr. Williams’s 6.500 motion under People v Stovall, 510 Mich 301 (2022) (holding that defendant’s parolable life sentence for second-degree murder, committed when he was under the age of 18, was cruel or unusual punishment in violation of Const 1963, art 1, § 16). People v Williams, No. 161842, 03-31-23; In Pro Per.

Resentencing required where Jackson Circuit misscored OV 3

The Court of Appeals denied Mr. Smith’s application for leave, and in lieu of granting leave to appeal, the Supreme Court vacated the JOS and remanded for resentencing because the sentencing court misscored OV 3 and correcting the OV score would change the applicable guidelines range. People v Smith, No. 164937, 04-27-23; Sydney E.F. Rushing (MAACS).
 
John Zevalking
Associate Editor