Record returned to Supreme Court of Michigan.

Record returned to Court of Appeals of Michigan.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: David A. Moran, Ann Arbor, Mich. For respondent: Timothy A. Baughman, Detroit, Mich.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioner Lamar Evans filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Michigan filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)

Record received from Court of Appeals of Michigan. (1 envelope)

Brief of petitioner Lamar Evans filed.

Record received from Supreme Court of Michigan. (1 envelope)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 5, 2012.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 17, 2012.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. (orders list)

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Lamar Evans.

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 7, 2012.

Reply of petitioner Lamar Evans filed.

Brief of respondent Michigan in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2012)

Lamar Evans, Petitioner, represented by David A. Moran

Michigan, Respondent, represented by Timothy A. Baughman

Lamar Evans v. Michigan, Amicus Curiae, represented by Curtis Gannon

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by David M. Porter

the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.