Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  April 1, 2013                                                                                        Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
  146106                                                                                                   Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                 SC: 146106
                                                                    COA: 312152
                                                                    Kent CC: 08-011337-FC
  BRANDON BERNARD BELL,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 25, 2012
  order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because the defendant has
  failed to meet the burden of establishing entitlement to relief under MCR 6.508(D).




                           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.
                           April 1, 2013                       _________________________________________
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