People of Michigan v. Robert Taylor

Summary

The Michigan Supreme Court held that when the prosecution seeks juvenile life without parole under the state sentencing statute, it must overcome a presumption that the sentence is disproportionate by clear and convincing evidence. Because the trial court resentenced Taylor without applying that framework, he was entitled to resentencing, but the court first remanded to the Court of Appeals to decide an unresolved constitutional challenge concerning his felony-murder conviction as an aider and abettor.