Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  September 10, 2019                                                                               Bridget M. McCormack,
                                                                                                                  Chief Justice

  157825                                                                                                 David F. Viviano,
                                                                                                         Chief Justice Pro Tem

                                                                                                       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: 157825
                                                                   COA: 335334
                                                                   Wayne CC: 16-004499-FC
  JOSEPH EMMANU WATSON, a/k/a
  JOE E. WATSON, a/k/a
  JOSEPH EMMANUEL REED,
            Defendant-Appellant.

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        By order of October 2, 2018, the application for leave to appeal the March 1, 2018
  judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People v
  Ames (Docket No. 156077). On order of the Court, leave to appeal having been denied in
  Ames on June 26, 2019, 504 Mich ___ (2019), the application is again considered, and it
  is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be
  reviewed by this Court.




                          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.
                          September 10, 2019
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                                                                              Clerk
