Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  October 31, 2005                                                                                       Clifford W. Taylor,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
  128815                                                                                               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: 128815     

                                                                    COA: 257398      

                                                                    Wayne CC: 91-008344

  RICHARD PIERCE,

            Defendant-Appellant. 


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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 7, 2005 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).

        KELLY, J., not participating.




                           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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