Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-05 06:04:53.196925+00
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                            STATE OF MICHIGAN

                            COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                    UNPUBLISHED
                                                                    January 4, 2024
               Plaintiff-Appellee,

v                                                                   No. 338360
                                                                    Wayne Circuit Court
TYLER MAURICE TATE,                                                 LC No. 16-010656-01-FJ

               Defendant-Appellant.

                                         ON REMAND

Before: M. J. KELLY, P.J., and MARKEY and SHAPIRO, JJ.

SHAPIRO, J. (concurring).

       I concur with the majority as to the outcome and in most of its analysis. As I stated in
dissent from our previous opinion, I do not agree that the trial court properly considered
defendant’s youth when imposing sentence. However, that issue was resolved by the Supreme
Court’s decision to remand solely on the issue of proportionality.

       Review for proportionality in this case is no easy task. Defendant was not the shooter, and,
at age 16, was obviously influenced by the gang culture in which he had become involved.
However, the evidence is clear that he knowingly and willingly participated in a murder
characterized by lying in wait, which unequivocally demonstrates premeditation.

        Defendant refers us to other juvenile cases in which 40-year minimums were imposed, and
points out that, in those cases, the defendant directly committed the murderous assaults. However,
under the law that governs our review and the facts of the case, I cannot say that the trial court
abused its discretion or imposed a disproportionate sentence.

                                                            /s/ Douglas B. Shapiro

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