Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

March 5, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

143823 Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 143823 COA: 302309 St. Clair CC: 00-003254-FC EARL THOMAS BOUGHNER, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________/

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 30, 2011 order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because the defendant has failed to meet the burden of establishing entitlement to relief under MCR 6.508(D).

I, Corbin R. Davis, 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. March 5, 2012 _________________________________________ h0227 Clerk