Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  January 31, 2014                                                                                     Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
  147882                                                                                                   Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                 SC: 147882
                                                                    COA: 314738
                                                                    Livingston CC: 07-016560-FC
  JONATHAN HOWELL,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 6, 2013
  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, 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.
                           January 31, 2014
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                                                                               Clerk
