Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  May 25, 2010                                                                                                  Marilyn Kelly,
                                                                                                                   Chief Justice

  140040                                                                                              Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                      Elizabeth A. Weaver
                                                                                                       Maura D. Corrigan
                                                                                                      Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                    Diane M. Hathaway,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                         Justices

  v                                                                SC: 140040
                                                                   COA: 290916
                                                                   Kent CC: 00-005302-FC
  ERIC ROMAN POWELL,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 2, 2009
  order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because the defendant has
  failed to meet the burden of establishing entitlement to relief under MCR 6.508(D).




                          I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
                          May 25, 2010                        _________________________________________
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