Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  December 27, 2017                                                                                   Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                           Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                   Bridget M. McCormack
  155313                                                                                                 David F. Viviano
                                                                                                     Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                          Kurtis T. Wilder
                                                                                                    Elizabeth T. Clement,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                   Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
  v                                                                SC: 155313
                                                                   COA: 334462
                                                                   Manistee CC: 12-004219-FC
  PAUL JOSEPH HARD,
            Defendant-Appellant.

  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the December 21, 2016
  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).

        WILDER, J., did not participate because he was on the Court of Appeals panel.




                          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.
                          December 27, 2017
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                                                                              Clerk
