People of Michigan v. John Marshall Atkins Jr ( 2015 )

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