Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  December 27, 2005                                                                                      Clifford W. Taylor,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
  129721                                                                                               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: 129721
                                                                    COA: 261472
                                                                    Hillsdale CC: 02-269872-FH
  GARY LEE STEMEN,
            Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 23, 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).




                           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 27, 2005                   _________________________________________
           d1219                                                               Clerk
