Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan September 24, 2018 Stephen J. Markman, Chief Justice Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack 156354 David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Kurtis T. Wilder Elizabeth T. Clement, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 156354 COA: 336751 Ingham CC: 92-064315-FH CHRISTOPHER CARSON SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________/ By order of July 30, 2018, the application for leave to appeal the June 26, 2017 order of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People v Tucker (Docket No. 152798). On order of the Court, the case having been dismissed on September 5, 2018, the application is again considered, and it appearing to this Court that the cases of People v Snyder (Docket No. 153696) and People v Betts (Docket No. 148981) are pending on appeal before this Court and that the decisions in those cases may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decisions in those cases.

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 24, 2018 s0918 Clerk