People of Michigan v. Donald Darnell Appling

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

April 2, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice

161793 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: 161793 COA: 346906 Ingham CC: 16-000220-FH

DONALD DARNELL APPLING, Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the May 7, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of People v Betts (Docket No. 148981) 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.

April 2, 2021

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Clerk