Opinion
SC: 149791
04-28-2015
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES WASHINGTON, III, Defendant-Appellant.
Order
Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein, Justices COA: 319527
Saginaw CC: 99-017628-FC
By order of February 3, 2015, the application for leave to appeal the June 3, 2014 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in Toca v Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; 135 S Ct 781; 190 L Ed 2d 649 (2014). On order of the Court, the writ of certiorari in Toca having been dismissed, ___ US ___; 135 S Ct 1197; 191 L Ed 2d 149 (2015), the application is again considered. It appearing to this Court that the case of Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; ___ S Ct ___; ___ L Ed 2d ___ (2015), is pending 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.
April 28, 2015
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Clerk