Opinion
SC: 158455 COA: 336063
11-04-2020
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leo Duwayne ACKLEY, a/k/a Leo Duane Ackley, Jr., a/k/a Leo Duwayne Ackley, II, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
By order of October 17, 2019, the application for leave to appeal the August 2, 2018 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People v. McFarlane , ––– Mich. ––––, 933 N.W.2d 692 (2019) (Docket No. 158259). On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been denied in People v. McFarlane on May 15, 2020, 505 Mich. 1059, 943 N.W.2d 84 (2020), the application is again considered. Pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE in part the judgment of the Court of Appeals. We REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration of its analysis of the expert testimony presented at trial in light of McFarlane . In all other respects, leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the remaining question presented should be reviewed by this Court.
We do not retain jurisdiction.
Markman, J. (dissenting).
For the reasons given in my concurring statement in People v. McFarlane , 505 Mich. 1059, 943 N.W.2d 84 (2020), I would deny leave to appeal.