Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29799 22-MAR-2012 10:26 AM NO. SCWC-29799

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

RAYMOND L. FOSTER, also known as “RAY,” Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29799; CR. NO. 06-1-0449(1))

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Judge Lee, in place of Duffy, J., recused)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee’s application for writ of

certiorari filed on February 8, 2012, is hereby accepted and will

be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by

the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 22, 2012.

Cynthia A. Kagiwada for /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner/defendant­ appellee on the application /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

Renee Ishikawa Delizo, /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui, for /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna respondent/plaintiff­ appellant on the response /s/ Randal K.O. Lee