Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 29, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
148981 Brian K. Zahra
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth T. Clement
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Megan K. Cavanagh
Plaintiff-Appellee, Elizabeth M. Welch,
Justices
v SC: 148981
COA: 319642
Muskegon CC: 12-062665-FH
PAUL J. BETTS, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been granted, and the briefs and oral
argument of the parties having been considered by the Court, we DIRECT the parties to
file supplemental briefs within 28 days of the date of this order addressing the following
issues: if this Court finds that the retroactive application of the Sex Offenders Registration
Act (SORA), MCL 28.721 et seq., is unconstitutional, (1) whether the constitutional
infirmity may be remedied through the application of the recently enacted 2020 PA 295;
(2) if not, whether 2020 PA 295 has any effect on the potential remedy; and (3) what effect
the answers to these questions have upon defendant’s conviction pursuant to MCL 28.729
for failure to register under SORA.
WELCH, J., did not participate because the Court considered this order before she
assumed office.
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.
January 29, 2021
t0126
Clerk