Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
August 3, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
161733 & (17) Brian K. Zahra
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth T. Clement
Megan K. Cavanagh
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Elizabeth M. Welch,
Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices
v SC: 161733
COA: 352899
Jackson CC: 99-094247-FC
PRENTICE DEVELL WATKINS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the motion to hold in abeyance is GRANTED. The
application for leave to appeal the June 9, 2020 order of the Court of Appeals is
considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of People v Poole (Docket No.
161529) is pending on appeal before this 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.
August 3, 2021
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Clerk