Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0000774 31-DEC-2012 11:20 AM

SCWC-11-0000774 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. SYLVA RIVERA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0000774; CR. NO. 10-1-1327) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari filed on November 19, 2012, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be held 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, December 31, 2012.

Jeffrey A. Hawk /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack