Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-11-0000018

17-APR-2012

09:35 AM

NO. SCWC-11-0000018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

LAEL SAMONTE, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant,

vs.

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

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. CAAP-11-0000018;

S.P.P. NO. 10-1-0083 (CR. NO. 89-0003))

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., Circuit Judge Castagnetti, in place of Nakayama, J., recused, and

Circuit Judge Garibaldi, in place of Duffy, J., recused)

Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Lael Samonte’s application for writ of certiorari filed on March 6, 2012, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 17, 2012. Lael Samonte, petitioner/ /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner-appellant, pro se, on the application /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Jeannette H. Castagnetti

/s/ Colette Y. Garibaldi