Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-30460

02-DEC-2011

03:21 PM

NO. SCWC-30460

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

JOHN APELE KALUAU, III, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. 30460; CR. NO. 09-1-0262K)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, and Duffy, JJ., with Acoba, J., dissenting separately, and McKenna, J., dissenting separately)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant John Apele Kaluau, III’s application for writ of certiorari filed on October 24, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 2, 2011. Jeffrey A. Hawk /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald on the application for petitioner/defendant- /s/ Paula A. Nakayama appellant.

/s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. Linda L. Walton on the response for respondent/ plaintiff-appellee.