PEOPLE v. SKINNER

Docket No. 317892.

877 N.W.2d 482 (2015)

312 Mich.App. 15

PEOPLE v. SKINNER.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 20, 2015, at 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Michael D. Wendling , Prosecuting Attorney, and Hilary B. Georgia , Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

University of Michigan Juvenile Justice Clinic (by Kimberly Thomas and Frank E. Vandervort ) for defendant.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, and iLinus Banghart-Linn , Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Before: HOEKSTRA, P.J., and SAWYER and BORRELLO, JJ.


This case presents a constitutional issue of first impression concerning whether the Sixth Amendment mandates that a jury make findings on the factors set forth in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), as codified in MCL 769.25(6), before sentencing a juvenile...

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