Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  March 26, 2012                                                                                      Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                      Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
  144121                                                                                              Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                          Mary Beth Kelly
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Brian K. Zahra,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices


  v                                                                SC: 144121
                                                                   COA: 297316
                                                                   Oakland CC: 2008-223574-FH
  WALTER EARNEST RIEPEN,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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        On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 27, 2011
  judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not
  persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.




                          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.
                          March 26, 2012                      _________________________________________
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