Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  September 20, 2017                                                                                  Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                           Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                   Bridget M. McCormack
  155245(82)                                                                                             David F. Viviano
                                                                                                     Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                            Joan L. Larsen
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                       Kurtis T. Wilder,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices
                                                                   SC: 155245
  v                                                                COA: 326311
                                                                   Wayne CC: 14-009512-FC
  ELISAH KYLE THOMAS,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  _________________________________________/

        On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of
  Michigan and the Innocence Project to file a late brief amicus curiae is GRANTED. The
  amicus brief submitted on September 15, 2017, is accepted for filing.




                          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.
                               September 20, 2017
                                                                              Clerk
