purposes. Rudy Bladel was retried, found guilty and sentenced to three concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole added to the sentence. He died in Jackson, Michigan on November 15, 2006 of thyroid cancer. On March 27, 2009, the Supreme Court ordered lawyers in a pending case, Montejo v. Louisiana, (Docket No.07-1529), to file new briefs on whether the Court should overrule its decision in Michigan v. Jackson. On May 26, 2009 the Supreme Court overruled Michigan v. Jackson through the Court's decision in Montejo v. Louisiana. Notes External links United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court Overruled United States Supreme Court decisions Massiah doctrine case law 1986 in United States case law Legal history of Michigan Jackson, Michigan