Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29623 01-DEC-2011 01:25 PM NO. SCWC-29623

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

BEN BALDADO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29623; CR. NO. 06-1-196K)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J. Nakayama, and Duffy, JJ.

and Acoba, J., dissenting, with whom McKenna, J., joins)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ

of certiorari filed on October 24, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 1, 2011.

Vaughan S. Winborne Jr. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner/defendant­ appellant on the /s/ Paula A. Nakayama application /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. Linda L. Walton, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent/plaintiff appellee on the response