PEOPLE v. WILEY

Nos. 336898, 338870.

919 N.W.2d 802 (2018)

324 Mich.App. 130

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher WILEY, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Lawrence Rucker, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 4, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Jon P. Wojtala , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Peter Jon Van Hoek ) and Deborah LaBelle for Christopher Wiley.

Robert Tomak and Deborah LaBelle for William L. Rucker.

Amicus Curiae: Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Laura Moody , Chief Legal Counsel, and B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, for the Attorney General.

Before: Boonstra, P.J., and Beckering and Ronayne Krause, JJ.


These appeals arise in the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court's proclamation that mandatory life-without-parole sentencing schemes are unconstitutional with respect to juvenile offenders and the Michigan Legislature's enactment of MCL 769.25a in an attempt to retroactively rectify the problem. In Docket No. 336898, defendant...

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