Case Information

*1 Order Michigan Supreme Court

Lansing, Michigan August 3, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack,

Chief Justice 161733 & (17) 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: 161733

COA: 352899 Jackson CC: 99-094247-FC PRENTICE DEVELL WATKINS,

Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the motion to hold in abeyance is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the June 9, 2020 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of People v Poole (Docket No. 161529) 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. August 3, 2021

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