Opinion
Docket No. 146136. COA No. 309821.
2013-07-30
PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. Anthony Craig WEST, Defendant–Appellant.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 19, 2012 order of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT former appellate counsel, Lawrence J. Bunting, to file a supplemental brief addressing the reason(s) for his failure to file in the trial court a timely motion to withdraw the defendant's plea, and/or his failure to file in the Court of Appeals, on direct review, a delayed application for leave to appeal within the deadlines set forth in MCR 7.205(F), despite being appointed as counsel on November 5, 2009, approximately two weeks after the defendant was sentenced. Counsel shall file the supplemental brief within 28 days of the date of this order.
The application for leave to appeal remains pending.