Order                                                                                         Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                    Lansing, Michigan

  February 28, 2014                                                                                     Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                  Chief Justice

                                                                                                        Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman
  148042                                                                                                    Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                             Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                     Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                           David F. Viviano,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                     Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                  SC: 148042
                                                                     COA: 313330
                                                                     Kent CC: 09-002487-FC
  KENNETH RAY THOMAS,
           Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 23, 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.
                            February 28, 2014
           s0224
                                                                                Clerk
