PEOPLE v. BETTS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. J. Hilson , Prosecuting Attorney, and Charles F. Justian , Chief Appellate Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Michael L. Mittlestat , Jessica Zimbelman , and Sofia Nelson ) for defendant.

Miriam J. Aukerman , Michael J. Steinberg , Monica Andrade , and Daniel S. Korobkin for the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, amicus curiae.

Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (by Bradley R. Hall ) and Warner Norcross ÷ Judd LLP (by Gaëtan Gerville-Réache , Grand Rapids, Nicole A. Samuel , Ashley G. Chrysler , Grand Rapids, and Adam D. Bruski , Midland) for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, amicus curiae.

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, and Ann M. Sherman , Deputy Solicitor General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae.

Keith Kushion , Gratiot County Prosecutor, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Joseph T. Froehlich and Jessica Mullen , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Gratiot County Prosecutor, amicus curiae.

Kimberly A. Thomas for law professors in support of defendant, amicus curiae.

Paul D. Reingold for Safe & Just Michigan, the Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, the Michigan Youth Justice Center, the Northwest Initiative, the Professional Advisory Board to the Coalition for a Useful Registry, and the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration, amici curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Welch, J.)