Opinion
SC: 153309 COA: 321551
05-31-2017
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Andrew Maurice RANDOLPH, Defendant–Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the November 24, 2015 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing: (1) whether a defendant's failure to demonstrate plain error precludes a finding of ineffective assistance of trial counsel; and, in particular, (2) whether the prejudice standard under the third prong of plain error, People v. Carines , 460 Mich 750, 763–764 (1999) ("affecting substantial rights"), is the same as the Strickland prejudice standard, Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668, 694 (1984) ( "reasonable probability" of a different outcome). See United States v. Dominguez Benitez , 542 U.S. 74, 83 (2004) ; People v. Fackelman , 489 Mich. 515, 537 n. 16 (2011) ; People v. Kowalski , 489 Mich. 488, 510 n. 38 (2011). The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.