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PEOPLE v. YEAGER

No. 164055.

999 N.W.2d 490 (2023)

511 Mich. 478

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Menayetta Michell YEAGER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 27, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Ann M. Sherman , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Jon P. Wojtala , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Trenton, and Deborah K. Blair , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Adrienne N. Young and Garrett Burton ) for defendant.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

In this case, we consider whether defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel by trial counsel's failure to request a voluntary manslaughter instruction at defendant's jury trial for the murder of her boyfriend. While we agree with the Court of Appeals that trial counsel's representation fell below an...

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