Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  October 26, 2010                                                                                               Marilyn Kelly,
                                                                                                                    Chief Justice

  141224                                                                                              Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                        Maura D. Corrigan
                                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                       Diane M. Hathaway
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                    Alton Thomas Davis,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                          Justices

  v                                                                 SC: 141224
                                                                    COA: 295972
                                                                    Wayne CC: 06-004392-FC
  GERALD O’CONNOR GRATTON,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 12, 2010 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.
                           October 26, 2010                    _________________________________________
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