Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  December 16, 2010                                                                                              Marilyn Kelly,
                                                                                                                    Chief Justice

  141761                                                                                              Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                        Maura D. Corrigan
                                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                       Diane M. Hathaway
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                    Alton Thomas Davis,
            Plaintiff-Appellant,                                                                                         Justices

  v                                                                 SC: 141761
                                                                    COA: 289071
                                                                    Gladwin CC: 08-003915-FH
  PAUL ALAN FARQUHARSON,
           Defendant-Appellee.

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         On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 22, 2010
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the
  case of People v Dowdy (Docket No. 140603) is pending on appeal before this Court and
  that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present application for
  leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the
  decision in that case.




                           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.
                           December 16, 2010                   _________________________________________
           1209                                                                Clerk
