PEOPLE OF MI V MUSA AMIR ALKAFAJI

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 3, 2026
s0331
Order
Clerk
April 3, 2026
168976
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
MUSA AMIR ALKAFAJI,
Defendant-Appellant.
SC: 168976
COA: 375921
Wayne CC: 23-004595-FH
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By order of November 26, 2025, the plaintiff was directed to answer the application
for leave to appeal the July 3, 2025 order of the Court of Appeals. On order of the Court,
the answer having been received, the application for leave to appeal is again considered.
Pursuant to MCR 7.305(I)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REMAND this case
to the Court of Appeals for consideration, as on leave granted, of whether the trial court
violated the defendant’s right of allocution and whether defense counsel’s failure to raise
this objection at sentencing amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court of
Appeals shall expedite its consideration of these issues. 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.

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