NO. 2847l IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘lg

,»1 STATE oF HAWAI‘I , Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee vs. CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, ReSpondent/Defendant-Appellant

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CASE NO. 2DTA~O6-O2260) _ ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARl (By: Acoba, J., for the courtH dissenting, with whom Nakayama, J., joinS) The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on June l6, 2010 by Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee State of HawaFi is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawafi, AuguSt 2, 2010.

FOR THE COURT: ASSociate Justice Richard K. Minatoya, Deputy ProSecuting Attorney, County of Maui, on the application for petitioner/ plaintiff-appellant.

1 ConSidered by: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, Duffy, and Recktenwald, JJ., and Circuit Judge McKenna, in place of Moon, C.J., recused. and Recktenwald, J., =H£>JW 3m W’J’EIEZ