People v. Perkins

Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  December 18, 2008                                                                                     Clifford W. Taylor,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

  137477-8                                                                                            Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                      Elizabeth A. Weaver
                                                                                                             Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                        Maura D. Corrigan
                                                                                                      Robert P. Young, Jr.
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                    Stephen J. Markman,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices


  v                                                                SC: 137477
                                                                   COA: 281957
                                                                   Isabella CC: 07-000576-FH
  JAMES DOYLE PERKINS,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  ______________________________________
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                                                   SC: 137478
  v                                                                COA: 281959
                                                                   Isabella CC: 07-001120-FH
  JOSEPH WAYNE LESAGE
           Defendant-Appellant.
  _________________________________________/

         On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 19, 2008
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in
  lieu of granting leave to appeal, we AFFIRM the Court of Appeals decision holding that
  Heidi’s Law, MCL 257.625, does not violate the ex post facto provisions of the federal
  and state Constitutions.




                          I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
                          December 18, 2008                   _________________________________________
         l1218                                                                Clerk