Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 24, 2017 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
153828 Robert P. Young, Jr.
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Joan L. Larsen,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 153828
COA: 324018
Wayne CC: 14-000152-FC
THEODORE PAUL WAFER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the April 5, 2016
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1).
The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order
addressing whether the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s request for a jury instruction
on the rebuttable presumption at MCL 780.951(1) of the self-defense act violated the
defendant’s rights to present a defense and to a properly instructed jury. The parties
should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.
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.
January 24, 2017
t0117
Clerk