Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-13-0000087 20-MAY-2014 08:36 AM SCWC-13-0000087 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JAMES E. ABEL, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-13-0000087; CASE No. 1P1120008541) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant James E. Abel’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on April 6, 2014, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 20, 2014.

James S. Tabe /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Brandon H. Ito for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson