PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Tia Marie-Mitchell SKINNER, Defendant-Appellee.
People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Kenya Ali Hyatt, Defendant-Appellee.
People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Kenya Ali Hyatt, Defendant-Appellant.
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Argued October 12, 2017.
Filed June 20, 2018.
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 in Docket No. 152448.
University of Michigan Juvenile Justice Clinic (by Kimberly A. Thomas and Frank E. Vandervort) for Tia Marie-Mitchell Skinner in Docket No. 152448.
Bill Schuette, Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom, Solicitor General, David S. Leyton, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph F. Sawka, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people in Docket Nos. 153081 and 153345.
Ronald D. Ambrose for Kenya Ali Hyatt in Docket Nos. 153081 and 153345.
Bill Schuette, Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom, Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider, Chief Legal Counsel, and Linus Banghart-Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for amid curiae, the Attorney General in Docket No. 152448.
Bill Schuette, Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom, Solicitor General, Laura Moody, Chief Legal Counsel, and B. Eric Restuccia, Deputy Solicitor General, for amici curiae, the Genesee County Prosecutor in Docket No. 153081.
Mark Reene, Kym L. Worthy, Jason W. Williams, and Timothy A. Baughman for amici curiae, the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan in Docket Nos. 152448 and 153081.
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (by Philip J. Kessler, Leonard M. Niehoff, and Robert M. Riley) for amici curiae, the Fair Punishment Project in Docket No. 152448.
State Appellate Defender (by Sofia Nelson and Brett DeGroff) for amici curiae, the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan in Docket No. 152448.
Dawn Van Hoek, Michael Mittlestat, and Jessica Zimbelman for amici curiae, the State Appellate Defender Office in Docket No. 153081.
Deborah A. Labelle and Marsha L. Levick for amici curiae, the Juvenile Law Center in Docket No. 153081.
BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Clement, J.)
OPINION
Markman, C.J.
At issue here is whether MCL 769.25 violates the Sixth Amendment because it allows the decision whether to impose a sentence of life without parole to be made by a judge, rather than by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. We hold that MCL 769.25 does not violate the Sixth Amendment because neither the statute nor the...
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