Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  March 29, 2016                                                                                      Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                           Brian K. Zahra
  151300                                                                                           Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                         David F. Viviano
                                                                                                     Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                           Joan L. Larsen,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                   Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                SC: 151300
                                                                   COA: 324440
                                                                   Wayne CC: 94-006481-FC
  LEANDER KRIEGG FOSTER,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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         By order of December 22, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the March 4,
  2015 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
  Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd 575 US ___; 135 S Ct 1546; 191 L Ed 2d 635 (2015).
  On order of the Court, the case having been decided on January 25, 2016, 577 US ___;
  136 S Ct 718; 193 L Ed 2d 599 (2016), the application is again considered and, pursuant
  to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the sentence of the
  Wayne Circuit Court for the defendant’s first-degree murder conviction, and we
  REMAND this case to the trial court for resentencing on that conviction pursuant to MCL
  769.25 and MCL 769.25a. See Montgomery, supra; Miller v Alabama, 567 US ___; 132
  S Ct 2455; 183 L Ed 2d 407 (2012).

        We do not retain jurisdiction.




                          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.
                          March 29, 2016
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                                                                              Clerk
