Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29971 26-MAY-2011 NO. SCWC-29971 08:23 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

BRIAN L. STANTON, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29971; CR. NO. 08-1-1801)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., for the court1 , with Acoba, J., dissenting separately) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Brian L. Stanton’s application for writ of certiorari filed on April 14, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 26, 2011.

FOR THE COURT: Taryn R. Tomasa, Deputy Public Defender, for /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner/defendant­ appellant on the Chief Justice application.

DISSENT BY ACOBA, J.

I would grant the Application for Writ of Certiorari inasmuch as the several errors, including the allowance of rebuttal testimony, warrant a second review.

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.