Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 24, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
148440 Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Joan L. Larsen,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 148440
COA: 317904
Kent CC: 10-011177-FH
RYAN MICHAEL BYLSMA,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of June 11, 2014, the application for leave to appeal the November 12,
2013 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People
v Hartwick (Docket No. 148444) and People v Tuttle (Docket No. 148971). On order of
the Court, the case having been decided on July 27, 2015, 498 Mich 192 (2015), the
application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting
leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration, as on
leave granted, of whether the defendant, who possessed, cultivated, manufactured, or
delivered marijuana to a patient or caregiver to whom he was not connected through the
registration process of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA), MCL 333.26421
et seq., “may assert the medical purpose for using marihuana in a motion to dismiss, and
the charges shall be dismissed following an evidentiary hearing where the person shows
the elements listed in subsection (a).” MCL 333.26428(b). Cf., State v McQueen, 493
Mich 135, 156 ns 59 & 60 (2013). In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED,
because we are not persuaded that the remaining question presented should be reviewed
by this Court.
We further ORDER that this case be argued and submitted to the Court of Appeals
together with the case of People v Overholt (Docket No. 149795), which we remanded to
the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave granted by order of the same date, at
such future session of the Court of Appeals as both cases are ready for submission.
We do not retain jurisdiction.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
November 24, 2015
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Clerk