Opinion
SC 163678 COA 358154
06-15-2022
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOUGLAS GERARD AUGUSTYNIAK, Defendant-Appellant.
Van Buren CC: 2021-022848-FH
Brian K. Zahra David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh Elizabeth M. Welch, Justices
ORDER
Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice
By order of March 23, 2022, the prosecuting attorney was directed to answer the application for leave to appeal the September 22, 2021 order of the Court of Appeals. On order of the Court, the answer having been received, the application for leave to appeal is again considered. It appearing to this Court that the case of People v Welch (Docket No. 163833) 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. 1