Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
December 9, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
151959 Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Joan L. Larsen,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v SC: 151959
COA: 320032
Huron CC: 13-305667-FH
RONALD MATTHEW HARTMAN, JR.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 19, 2015
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in
lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REVERSE that part of the Court of Appeals
judgment that found the evidence insufficient to convict the defendant of possession of
methamphetamine, MCL 333.7403(2)(b)(i), and we REINSTATE that conviction, for the
reasons stated in the Court of Appeals dissenting opinion.
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 9, 2015
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Clerk