Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan April 28, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly 149699 Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 149699 COA: 320166 Shiawassee CC: 77-004516-FH MARK STEVEN DAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the June 27, 2014 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of Montgomery v Louisiana, cert gtd ___ US ___; ___ S Ct ___; ___ L Ed 2d ___ (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.

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