Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 29, 2017 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
155607 Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Joan L. Larsen
Plaintiff-Appellant, Kurtis T. Wilder,
Justices
v SC: 155607
COA: 333206
Genesee CC: 15-038224-FC
JOHN EDWARD BARRITT,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 14, 2017
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in
lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE that part of the judgment of the Court of
Appeals holding that the defendant was subjected to custodial interrogation. Although
the Court of Appeals properly concluded that the trial court erred by failing to apply the
correct legal standards, the Court of Appeals should have remanded this case to the trial
court for application of those standards in the first instance. Accordingly, we REMAND
this case to the Genesee Circuit Court to determine, in light of all of the objective
circumstances surrounding the interrogation: (1) whether a reasonable person would
have felt that he was not at liberty to terminate the interrogation and leave; and
(2) whether the environment presented the same inherently coercive pressures as the type
of station house questioning at issue in Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436; 86 S Ct 1602; 16
L Ed 2d 694 (1966). See Howes v Fields, 565 US 499, 509; 132 S Ct 1181; 182 L Ed 2d
17 (2012); Yarborough v Alvarado, 541 US 652, 663; 124 S Ct 2140; 158 L Ed 2d 938
(2004); People v Elliott, 494 Mich 292, 308 (2013).
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.
September 29, 2017
t0926
Clerk