Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan June 30, 2020 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice 157043 David F. Viviano, Chief Justice Pro Tem Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Richard H. Bernstein Plaintiff-Appellee, Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh, Justices v SC: 157043 COA: 335491 Kent CC: 14-008436-FC DONALD MACKAY HALE, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________/ By order of November 7, 2018, the application for leave to appeal the November 21, 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeals was held in abeyance pending the decision in People v Washington (Docket No. 156648). On order of the Court, the case having been decided on May 22, 2019, 503 Mich 1030 (2019), the application is again considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of People v Washington (Docket No. 160707) is pending on appeal before this 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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