Opinion
SC: 160668-9 COA: 342039 342043
06-17-2020
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Curtis BECK, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 17, 2019 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney to answer Issues I and XI in the application for leave to appeal within 28 days after the date of this order. The prosecution shall specifically address: (1) whether the defendant's retrial in Docket No. 2016-000309-FH was a violation of double jeopardy principles; (2) if so, whether vacating his convictions in that case would also warrant a new trial, resentencing, or any other remedy in Docket No. 2017-001376-FC; and (3) whether the trial court improperly imposed a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years for an act of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (Count II) that was not charged as carrying such a minimum.
The application for leave to appeal remains pending.