Court Opinion

ID: 3157832
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Date Created: 2015-11-25 05:04:25.221978+00
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Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  November 24, 2015                                                                                    Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

  149906 & (48)                                                                                        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: 149906
                                                                    COA: 314267
                                                                    Oakland CC: 2012-241989-FC
  EVEREGE VERNOR DICKENS,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Court, the motion to amend is GRANTED. The application for
  leave to appeal the June 17, 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and,
  pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REVERSE in part
  the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and we REMAND this case to the Oakland Circuit
  Court to determine whether the court would have imposed a materially different sentence
  under the sentencing procedure described in People v Lockridge, 498 Mich. 358 (2015).
  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 questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.

         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.
                           November 24, 2015
         p1116
                                                                               Clerk