PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 154994.

987 N.W.2d 132 (2022)

510 Mich. 112

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud , Solicitor General, Peter Lucido , Prosecuting Attorney, Joshua D. Abbott , Chief Appellate Attorney, and Emil Semaan for the people.

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP (by Conor B. Dugan , Grand Rapids) for defendant.

Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio , Daniel S. Korobkin , and Tessa B. Bialek , for Juvenile Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and Juvenile Sentencing Project, amici curiae.

Friedman Legal Solutions, PLLC (by Stuart G. Friedman , Southfield, for Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, amicus curiae.

Kimberly Thomas for University of Michigan Juvenile Justice Clinic, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.


OPINION

This case presents us with a vehicle to provide much-needed guidance to criminal defendants, prosecutors, and trial courts on the proper procedure for conducting MCL 769.25 sentencing hearings when a prosecutor seeks to impose a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) for a crime committed when the defendant was a juvenile...

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