Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
April 28, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Mary Beth Kelly
149791 Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 149791
COA: 319527
Saginaw CC: 99-017628-FC
JAMES WASHINGTON, III,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of February 3, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the June 3, 2014
order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Toca v
Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; 135 S Ct 781; 190 L Ed 2d 649 (2014). On order of the
Court, the writ of certiorari in Toca having been dismissed, ___ US ___; 135 S Ct 1197;
191 L Ed 2d 149 (2015), the application is again considered. It appearing to this Court
that the case of Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; ___ S Ct ___; ___ L Ed
2d ___ (2015), is pending before the United States Supreme Court, and that the decision
in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we
ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case.
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.
April 28, 2015
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Clerk