The State Appellate Defenders Office’s Maya Menlo and Tina Olson will present argument before the Michigan Supreme Court on January 22 on life-without-parole for 18-, 19-, and 20-year olds, and associated retroactivity issues. The cases are:
—Maya Menlo, People v Adam Michael Czarnecki
MSC No. 166654 (COA No. 348732)
The court directed the parties to address: “(1) whether [the] Court’s holding in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), should be extended to defendants who are 19 years of age at the time they commit a crime and are sentenced to mandatory life without parole, see Const 1963, art 1, § 16; and (2) whether it is necessary to overrule People v Hall, 396 Mich 650 (1976), in order to extend Parks to defendants who were 19 years of age and, if so, whether [the Court] should overrule it.” The case is set for argument at 1 p.m..
• Tina Olson, People v Montario Marquise Taylor
MSC No. 166428 (COA No. 349544)
The court directed the parties to address: “(1) whether [the] Court’s holding in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), should be extended to defendants who are 20 years of age at the time they commit a crime and are sentenced to mandatory life without parole, see Const 1963, art 1, § 16; and (2) whether it is necessary to overrule People v Hall, 396 Mich 650 (1976), in order to extend Parks to defendants who were 20 years of age and, if so, whether [the Court] should overrule it.” The case is set for argument at 1:40 p.m.
• Maya Menlo, People v John Antonio Poole
MSC No. 166813 (COA No. 352569)
The court directed the parties to address whether the “Court’s decision in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), applies retroactively to cases that have become final after the expiration of the period for direct review.” The case is set for argument at 2:10 PM.
Case briefs and related materials are available at www.courts.michigan.gov/courts/supreme-court/schedule-of-oral-arguments.
—Maya Menlo, People v Adam Michael Czarnecki
MSC No. 166654 (COA No. 348732)
The court directed the parties to address: “(1) whether [the] Court’s holding in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), should be extended to defendants who are 19 years of age at the time they commit a crime and are sentenced to mandatory life without parole, see Const 1963, art 1, § 16; and (2) whether it is necessary to overrule People v Hall, 396 Mich 650 (1976), in order to extend Parks to defendants who were 19 years of age and, if so, whether [the Court] should overrule it.” The case is set for argument at 1 p.m..
• Tina Olson, People v Montario Marquise Taylor
MSC No. 166428 (COA No. 349544)
The court directed the parties to address: “(1) whether [the] Court’s holding in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), should be extended to defendants who are 20 years of age at the time they commit a crime and are sentenced to mandatory life without parole, see Const 1963, art 1, § 16; and (2) whether it is necessary to overrule People v Hall, 396 Mich 650 (1976), in order to extend Parks to defendants who were 20 years of age and, if so, whether [the Court] should overrule it.” The case is set for argument at 1:40 p.m.
• Maya Menlo, People v John Antonio Poole
MSC No. 166813 (COA No. 352569)
The court directed the parties to address whether the “Court’s decision in People v Parks, 510 Mich 225 (2022), applies retroactively to cases that have become final after the expiration of the period for direct review.” The case is set for argument at 2:10 PM.
Case briefs and related materials are available at www.courts.michigan.gov/courts/supreme-court/schedule-of-oral-arguments.
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