Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-30 07:05:30.926064+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:12:42.919704
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Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  October 28, 2015                                                                                     Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

  148693 & (17)                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                          Joan L. Larsen,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                       Justices

  v                                                                 SC: 148693
                                                                    COA: 318728
                                                                    Clinton CC: 11-008823-FH
  KENNETH LEWIS HARRELL,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          By order of September 17, 2014, the application for leave to appeal the December
  26, 2013 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
  People v Lockridge (Docket No. 149073). On order of the Court, the case having been
  decided on July 29, 2015, 498 Mich. 358 (2015), the application is again considered.
  Pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case
  to the Clinton Circuit Court to determine whether the court would have imposed a
  materially different sentence under the sentencing procedure described in Lockridge. On
  remand, the trial court shall follow the procedure described in Part VI of our opinion. If
  the trial court determines that it would have imposed the same sentence absent the
  unconstitutional constraint on its discretion, it may reaffirm the original sentence. If,
  however, the trial court determines that it would not have imposed the same sentence
  absent the unconstitutional constraint on its discretion, it shall resentence the defendant.
  In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the
  remaining question presented should be reviewed by this Court. The motion for
  miscellaneous relief is DENIED as moot.

         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.
                           October 28, 2015
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                                                                               Clerk