Motion for removal from the registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA); People v Kardasz; Whether lifetime registration under SORA constitutes cruel or unusual punishment under the Michigan Constitution for juvenile offenders convicted & sentenced as adults; Facial & as-applied challenges

In an order in lieu of granting leave to appeal, the court vacated Part III of the Court of Appeals judgment (see eJournal # 80225 in the 9/25/23 edition for the published opinion) concerning defendant’s motion for removal from SORA’s registration requirements, and remanded to that court for reconsideration in light of Kardasz. In particular, the court directed the Court of Appeals to consider distinctly defendant’s facial and as-applied challenges to the application of the 2021 SORA “to offenders who were under the age of 18” when they committed their crimes.