Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
November 29, 2017 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
153216 David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Kurtis T. Wilder
Elizabeth T. Clement,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 153216
COA: 323979
Macomb CC: 2014-001628-FC
DENNIS ROBERT SHEPLER,
Defendant-Appellant.
____________________________________/
By order of September 6, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the December
29, 2015 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 pursuant to People v Steanhouse, 313
Mich App 1 (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 460-461. 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
s1120
Clerk