Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  May 21, 2012                                                                                        Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                      Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
  144632-3                                                                                            Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                          Mary Beth Kelly
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Brian K. Zahra,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices


  v                                                                SC: 144632-3
                                                                   COA: 298986; 299626
                                                                   Wayne CC: 09-001994-FH
  RICKY J. BALLARD,
             Defendant-Appellant.

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        On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the December 20, 2011
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not
  persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.




                          I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
                          May 21, 2012                        _________________________________________
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