PEOPLE OF MI V ROBERT ANTHONY SMITH

Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
Megan K. Cavanagh,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth M. Welch
Kyra H. Bolden
Kimberly A. Thomas
Noah P. Hood,
Justices
I, Elizabeth Kingston-Miller, 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.
April 24, 2026
s0421
Order
Clerk
April 24, 2026
169197
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
ROBERT ANTHONY SMITH,
Defendant-Appellant.
SC: 169197
COA: 375478
Wayne CC: 12-009631-FC
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 26, 2025 order
of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(I)(1), in lieu of granting
leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Wayne Circuit Court to conduct, within
three months after the date of this order, a Lockridge hearing consistent with our prior
order, which required that court
to determine whether the court would have imposed a materially different
sentence under the sentencing procedure described in People v Lockridge,
498 Mich 358 (2015). On remand, the trial court shall follow the procedure
described in Part VI of our opinion. If the trial court determines that it would
have imposed the same sentence absent the unconstitutional constraint on its
discretion, it may reaffirm the original sentence. If, however, the trial court
determines that it would not have imposed the same sentence absent the
unconstitutional constraint on its discretion, it shall resentence the defendant.
[People v Smith, 499 Mich 898, 898 (2016).]
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.
We do not retain jurisdiction.

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