Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  February 4, 2020                                                                                  Bridget M. McCormack,
                                                                                                                   Chief Justice

                                                                                                          David F. Viviano,
                                                                                                          Chief Justice Pro Tem
  158663
                                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                             Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                       Richard H. Bernstein
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                     Elizabeth T. Clement
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                        Megan K. Cavanagh,
                                                                                                                        Justices

  v                                                                 SC: 158663
                                                                    COA: 336058
                                                                    Macomb CC: 2015-002617-FC
  TROY ANTONIO BROWN,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

         On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 18, 2018
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the Macomb County
  Prosecuting Attorney to answer the application for leave to appeal within 28 days after
  the date of this order. The prosecutor shall specifically address whether the uncorrected
  testimony of Detective-Sergeant Robert Eidt that defendant was the one who said that the
  truth was somewhere in the middle, as repeatedly reinforced by the trial prosecutor,
  “could in any reasonable likelihood have affected the judgment of the jury.” People v
  Smith, 498 Mich 466, 476 (2015).

        The application for leave to appeal remains pending.




                           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 4, 2020
           s0127
                                                                               Clerk
