In particular, our Supreme Court has previously recognized that on some occasions it is necessary to appoint appellate counsel for an indigent inmate during an appeal of a parole-release decision. In In re Parole of Paquette, 489 Mich. 982, 799 N.W.2d 555 (2011), this Court denied the Parole Board's application for leave to appeal a circuit court order reversing the Board's decision to grant the defendant parole. The Board applied for leave to appeal in our Supreme Court, and, in lieu of granting leave, our Supreme Court remanded the case to this Court for consideration as on leave granted.

We reverse. In re Parole of Paquette, 489 Mich 982; 799 NW2d 555 (2011). On July 3, 1992, Paquette stabbed someone to death at a party; he was subsequently convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317, and sentenced to 20 to 40 years' imprisonment.