People of Michigan v. John Marshall Atkins Jr

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 22, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Stephen J. Markman

Brian K. Zahra

151057 Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano

Richard H. Bernstein

Joan L. Larsen,

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee,

v SC: 151057 COA: 324953 Oakland CC: 89-095782-FC

JOHN MARSHALL ATKINS, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 21, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; 135 S Ct 1546; 191 L Ed 2d 635 (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.

December 22, 2015

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Clerk