Opinion
SC: 159676 COA: 338418
12-23-2019
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis Lee HAMPTON, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 4, 2019 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 appellant shall file a supplemental brief within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the Legislature intended to elevate to felony-murder those instances of first-degree child abuse in which the only act of abuse is the child’s murder. See MCL 750.316(1). In addition to the brief, the appellant shall electronically file an appendix conforming to MCR 7.312(D)(2). In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellee shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of being served with the appellant’s brief. The appellee shall also electronically file an appendix, or in the alternative, stipulate to the use of the appendix filed by the appellant. A reply, if any, must be filed by the appellant within 14 days of being served with the appellee’s brief. The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
We 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. Bean, ––– Mich. ––––, 934 N.W.2d 272 (2019).
The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.