People of Michigan v. James Washington III ( 2016 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 2, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
149791 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 149791
COA: 319527
Saginaw CC: 99-017628-FC
JAMES WASHINGTON, III,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of April 28, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the June 3, 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, Montgomery v Louisiana,
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 Saginaw Circuit Court on 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 v Louisiana, 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.
May 2, 2016
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Clerk