Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  November 23, 2011                                                                                   Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

  143440                                                                                              Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                          Mary Beth Kelly
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Brian K. Zahra,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices


  v                                                                SC: 143440
                                                                   COA: 296889
                                                                   Cass CC: 09-010230-FH
  JERRY BERNARD MATTHEWS, JR.,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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         On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the June 23, 2011
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the
  cases of People v Likine (Docket No. 141154), People v Parks (Docket No. 141181), and
  People v Harris (Docket No. 141513) are pending on appeal before this Court and that
  the decisions in those cases may resolve an issue raised in the present application for
  leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the
  decisions in those cases.




                          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.
                          November 23, 2011                   _________________________________________
           p1116                                                              Clerk
