Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  March 29, 2011                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                             Marilyn Kelly
  141944                                                                                               Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                       Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                           Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                           Brian K. Zahra,
                                                                                                                      Justices
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                 SC: 141944
                                                                    COA: 298715
                                                                    Ogemaw CC: 02-002027-FH
  LEONARD ARTHUR STRICKLAND III,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 29, 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.
                           March 29, 2011                      _________________________________________
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