CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Hyatt
Whether juvenile's 30-to-70-year felony murder sentence is cruel or unusual de facto life
Decided
The citation
People v Hyatt, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 8, 2026 (Docket No. 375710), pp 8-9, 14
From the case summary
In 2010, 17-year-old Kenya Hyatt, his cousin Perkins, and Perkins' cousin Williams planned to rob an armed Flint apartment security guard of his gun; the guard was shot and killed. Hyatt was convicted of first-degree felony murder and related offenses and sentenced to…
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