Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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

Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra 150949 Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Joan L. Larsen, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 150949 COA: 323819 Wayne CC: 96-004081-FC DANIEL F. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the December 4, 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 __; 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 s1214 Clerk