Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
October 21, 2020 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
154994 & (69) David F. Viviano,
Chief Justice Pro Tem
Stephen J. Markman
Brian K. Zahra
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Richard H. Bernstein
Plaintiff-Appellee, Elizabeth T. Clement
Megan K. Cavanagh,
Justices
v SC: 154994
COA: 325834
Macomb CC: 2009-005243-FC
ROBERT TAYLOR,
Defendant-Appellant.
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By order of April 5, 2019, the application for leave to appeal the September 22,
2016 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in
People v Masalmani (Docket No. 154773). On order of the Court, leave to appeal having
been denied in Masalmani on May 29, 2020, 505 Mich ___ (2020), the application is
again considered. The motion for leave to file a supplemental application and for an
extension of time to file that application is DENIED. It appearing to this Court that the
case of Jones v Mississippi, cert gtd ___ US ___; 140 S Ct 1293; 206 L Ed 2d 374
(March 9, 2020) (Docket No. 18-1259), is pending on appeal 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.
October 21, 2020
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Clerk