Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  October 31, 2017                                                                                     Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

  152426 & (8)                                                                                              Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                             Joan L. Larsen
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Kurtis T. Wilder,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                       Justices

  v                                                                 SC: 152426
                                                                    COA: 328492
                                                                    Allegan CC: 09-016573-FH
  JAMES THEODORE PYLE,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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         By order of September 21, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the August 27,
  2015 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decisions in People
  v Steanhouse (Docket No. 152849) and People v Masroor (Docket Nos. 152946-8). On
  order of the Court, the cases having been decided on July 24, 2017, 500 Mich 453 (2017),
  the application is again considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that
  the question presented should be reviewed by this Court. The motion to appoint counsel
  is DENIED.




                           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.
                           October 31, 2017
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                                                                               Clerk
