Opinion
SC 165544 COA 360675
07-30-2024
Livingston CC: 22-027137-FH
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, leave to appeal having been granted, and the briefs and oral argument of the parties having been considered by the Court, we DIRECT the parties to file supplemental briefs within 28 days after the date of this order addressing whether any error in the lower courts' application of MCL 764.1f(2)(b), with respect to the "armed with a dangerous weapon" requirement, would have been an error that concerned the personal or the subject-matter jurisdiction of the criminal division of the circuit court. See Const 1963, art 6, § 13; MCL 600.601(4); MCL 600.606; MCL 600.1021(1)(e); MCL 712A.2(a)(1); MCL 712A.4; People v Veling, 443 Mich. 23, 31-32 (1993); and People v Kiyoshk, 493 Mich. 923 (2013). See generally People v Washington, 508 Mich. 107 (2021).
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 issue presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.