Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 27, 2018 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
154684 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Kurtis T. Wilder
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Elizabeth T. Clement,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 154684
COA: 325806
Saginaw CC: 14-039758-FJ
KAREEM AMID SWILLEY, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of September 12, 2017, the application for leave to appeal the September
13, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
People v Chatman (Docket No. 155184). On order of the Court, leave to appeal having
been denied in Chatman on March 9, 2018, 501 Mich 1011 (2018), the application is
again considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application.
MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The appellant shall file a supplemental brief within 42 days of the date of this
order addressing whether it is reasonably likely that the trial court’s questioning of
witnesses improperly influenced the jury by creating the appearance of advocacy or
partiality against a party. See People v Stevens, 498 Mich 162 (2015). In addition to the
brief, the appellant shall electronically file an appendix conforming to MCR 7.312(D)(2).
In the brief, citations to the record must provide the appendix page numbers as required
by MCR 7.312(B)(1). The appellee shall file a supplemental brief within 21 days of
being served with the appellant’s brief. The appellee shall also electronically file an
appendix, or in the alternative, stipulate to the use of the appendix filed by the appellant.
A reply, if any, must be filed by the appellant within 14 days of being served with the
appellee’s brief. The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application
papers.
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 27, 2018
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Clerk