People of Michigan v. Raymond Curtis Carp

*451Markman, J.

We granted leave to appeal to address (1) whether Miller v Alabama, 567 US_; 132 S Ct 2455; 183 L Ed 2d 407 (2012), should be applied retroactively — pursuant to either the federal or state test for retroactivity — to cases in which the defendant’s sentence became final for purposes of direct appellate review before Miller was decided and (2) whether the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution or Const 1963, art 1, § 16 categorically bars the imposition of a life-without-parole sentence on a juvenile homicide offender. After considering these matters, we hold that the…