Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29979 06-AUG-2012 11:16 AM NO. SCWC-29979

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

KELII J.B. ACASIA, JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and BENJAMIN I. PADA, Defendant.

(ICA NO. 29979; CR. NO. 08-1-0774)

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

KELII BRADY JR. JUAN BALAI ACASIA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

(ICA NO. 30042; CR. NO. 06-1-0761)

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Judge Chang, assigned by reason of vacancy) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari filed on June 21, 2012, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 6, 2012.

Shawn A. Luiz /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Gary W.B. Chang