Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 29, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra 152295 & (16) Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Joan L. Larsen, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 152295 COA: 327585 Kent CC: 10-001556-FH DAVID KEVIN FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 5, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE the April 6, 2015 order of the Kent Circuit Court, and we REMAND this case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to People v Ginther, 390 Mich 436 (1973), for a determination whether the defendant was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel on direct appeal due to counsel’s failure to file an application for leave to appeal on the defendant’s behalf and challenge the scoring of Offense Variable 13, MCL 777.43. The motion to remand pursuant to People v Lockridge, 498 Mich 358 (2015), is DENIED.

We do not retain jurisdiction.

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. September 29, 2016 a0922 Clerk