Order                                                                                         Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                    Lansing, Michigan

  February 28, 2014                                                                                     Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                  Chief Justice

                                                                                                        Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman
  147869                                                                                                    Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                             Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                     Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                           David F. Viviano,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                     Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                  SC: 147869
                                                                     COA: 306032
                                                                     Ionia CC: 2010-014917-FC
  JUSTIN DEWAYNE STEPHENS,
            Defendant-Appellant.

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         On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 27, 2013
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the
  case of People v Earl (Docket No. 145677) is pending on appeal before this Court and
  that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present application for
  leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the
  decision in that case.




                            I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
                      foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
                            February 28, 2014
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                                                                                Clerk
