Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  October 31, 2005                                                                                       Clifford W. Taylor,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
  128245                                                                                               Elizabeth A. Weaver
                                                                                                              Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                         Maura D. Corrigan
                                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v        	                                                        SC: 128245
                                                                    COA: 258216
                                                                    Saginaw CC: 02-021833-FC
  RUSSELL JAMISON RICHARDS,

            Defendant-Appellant. 

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        On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 16, 2005
  order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not
  persuaded that the question 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.
                           October 31, 2005                    _________________________________________
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