Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  April 4, 2017                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
  154001                                                                                            Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                            Joan L. Larsen,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                 SC: 154001
                                                                    COA: 330753
                                                                    Genesee CC: 03-012050-FC
  RODERICOL A. MURPHY,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 28, 2016 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, 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.
                           April 4, 2017
           a0327
                                                                               Clerk
