Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  November 20, 2012                                                                                   Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

  145656 & (20)                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                          Mary Beth Kelly
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Brian K. Zahra,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices

  v                                                                SC: 145656
                                                                   COA: 309193
                                                                   Ingham CC: 92-063865-FH
  BJ THOMAS,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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        On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 17, 2012
  order 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. The motion to
  remand is DENIED.




                          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.
                          November 20, 2012                   _________________________________________
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