Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 25, 2018 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
148981 David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Kurtis T. Wilder
Elizabeth T. Clement,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v SC: 148981
COA: 319642
Muskegon CC: 12-062665-FH
PAUL J. BETTS, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of February 2, 2016, the application for leave to appeal the February 27,
2014 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People
v Temelkoski (Docket No. 150643). On order of the Court, the case having been decided
on January 24, 2018, 501 Mich ___ (2018), the application is again considered and, it
appearing to this Court that the cases of People v Tucker (Docket No. 152798) and
People v Snyder (Docket No. 153696) are pending on appeal before this Court and that
the decisions in those cases may resolve an issue raised in the present application for
leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the
decisions in those cases.
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.
May 25, 2018
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Clerk