Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 24, 2017 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Brian K. Zahra
153952 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 153952
COA: 327971
Kent CC: 14-006374-FC
HORACE DEMARIO COLLINS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 20, 2015
order of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
We further ORDER the Kent Circuit Court, in accordance with Administrative Order
2003-03, to determine whether the defendant is indigent and, if so, to appoint the State
Appellate Defender Office to represent the defendant in this Court.
The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of the order
appointing counsel addressing whether a defendant who was sentenced prior to People v
Lockridge, 498 Mich 358 (2015), sufficiently waived his constitutional rights to notice
and jury proof beyond a reasonable doubt of facts used to score offense variables under
MCL 777.1 et seq., where those facts were not charged in an indictment or information,
but where he pleaded guilty or no contest and stipulated under oath to the aggravating
facts in the context of a general waiver of his jury trial rights. Compare Apprendi v New
Jersey, 530 US 466, 476; 120 S Ct 2348; 147 L Ed 2d 435 (2000) (stating that “ ‘under
the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the notice and jury trial guarantees
of the Sixth Amendment, any fact (other than prior conviction) that increases the
maximum penalty for a crime must be charged in an indictment, submitted to a jury, and
proven beyond a reasonable doubt’ ”) (emphasis added), quoting Jones v United States,
526 US 227, 243 n 6; 119 S Ct 1215; 143 L Ed 2d 311 (1999), with United States v
Booker, 543 US 220, 244; 125 S Ct 738; 160 L Ed 2d 621 (2005) (stating that “we
reaffirm our holding in Apprendi: Any fact (other than a prior conviction) which is
necessary to support a sentence exceeding the maximum authorized by the facts
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established by a plea of guilty or a jury verdict must be admitted by the defendant or
proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt”) (emphasis added). See also United States v
Yancy, 725 F3d 596 (CA 6, 2013).
The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan and the Prosecuting Attorneys
Association of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups
interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court
for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
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 24, 2017
s0117
Clerk
People of Michigan v. Horace Demario Collins
Combined Opinion