Opinion
No. 141610.
January 13, 2011.
Order
SC: 141610, COA: 298269, Hillsdale CC: 09-331957-FH
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 9, 2010 order of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT the Hillsdale County Prosecuting Attorney to answer the following issue raised in defendant's application for leave to appeal: whether the trial court abused its discretion and violated defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel by denying appellate counsel's request to withdraw where counsel claimed that there was an actual conflict of interest in representing both defendant and his co-defendant on appeal. The prosecuting attorney shall answer within 28 days after the date of this order.
The application for leave to appeal remains pending.