Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 29, 2017 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
153313 David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Kurtis T. Wilder
Elizabeth T. Clement,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 153313
COA: 324500
Livingston CC: 13-021340-FH
LEONARD LEWIS KING, 13-021416-FH
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of September 27, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the February
11, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decisions in
People v Steanhouse (Docket No. 152849) and People v Masroor (Docket Nos. 152946-
8). On order of the Court, the cases having been decided on July 24, 2017, 500 Mich 453
(2017), the application is again considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of
granting leave to appeal, we REVERSE that part of the judgment of the Court of Appeals
remanding this case to the trial court for a hearing under People v Lockridge, 498 Mich
358 (2015), and we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for plenary review of
whether the defendant’s sentence was disproportionate under the standard set forth in
People v Milbourn, 435 Mich 630, 636 (1990). See People v Steanhouse, 500 Mich at
473, 477. In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded
that the remaining questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.
CLEMENT, J., did not participate.
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.
November 29, 2017
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Clerk