Opinion
363228
11-16-2022
LC No. 16-002088-FJ.
Anica Letica, Presiding Judge, Noah P. Hood, Kristina Robinson Garrett, Judges.
ORDER
The application for leave to appeal is GRANTED, limited to the issue of whether defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel did not object to, and appellate counsel did not raise on appeal, the trial court's failure to hold a sentencing hearing under MCL 769.1(3). See People v Bowling, 506 Mich. 1029; 951 N.W.2d 685 (2020). The time for taking further steps in this appeal runs from the date of the Clerk's certification of this order. MCR 7.205(E)(3). Because the prosecutor failed to file an answer to the application for leave to appeal, the prosecutor must file an appellee's brief in reply to appellant's brief, either within 56 days of the Clerk's certification of this order as directed in MCR 6.509(D), or within the time stated in MCR 7.212(A)(2)(a), whichever is later.