Opinion
SC 166232 COA 351911
06-21-2024
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ADONTE MARQUIS BOUIE, Defendant-Appellant.
Oakland CC: 2018-267977-FC
Elizabeth T. Clement, Chief Justice Brian K. Zahra David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Megan K. Cavanagh Elizabeth M. Welch Kyra H. Bolden, Justices
ORDER
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 17, 2023 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs in accordance with MCR 7.312(E), addressing: (1) whether this Court's holding in People v Parks, 510 Mich. 225 (2022), should be extended to defendants who are 20 years of age at the time they commit a crime and are sentenced to mandatory life without parole, see Const 1963, art 1, § 16; and (2) whether it is necessary to overrule People v Hall, 396 Mich. 650 (1976), in order to extend Parks to defendants who were 20 years of age and, if so, whether we should overrule it.
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
We further direct the Clerk to schedule the oral argument in this case for the same future session of the Court when it will hear oral argument in People v Czarnecki (Docket No. 166654) and People v Poole (Docket No. 166813).