Opinion
SC: 161796 COA: 346529
10-27-2020
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Michael BENTZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 7, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the Attorney General to file a response to the application for leave to appeal within 28 days after the date of this order specifically addressing whether the testimony of Dr. N. Debra Simms that the complainant suffered "probable pediatric sexual abuse" requires reversal of the defendant's convictions under the plain-error analysis of People v. Carines, 460 Mich. 750, 763-764, 597 N.W.2d 130 (1999), and this Court's decision in People v. Harbison, 504 Mich. 230, 934 N.W.2d 693 (2019).
The application for leave to appeal remains pending.