Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  December 28, 2016                                                                                    Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
  153381                                                                                            Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                          Joan L. Larsen,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                       Justices


  v                                                                 SC: 153381
                                                                    COA: 330709
                                                                    Kent CC: 14-001062-FH
  MICHAEL WAYNE NEWKIRK,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 3, 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.
                           December 28, 2016
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                                                                               Clerk
