Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-30186

28-OCT-2013

11:49 AM

SCWC-30186

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I,

Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant,

vs.

HERMAN DECOITE,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. 30186; FC-CR NO. 09-1-0127(4))

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee’s Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on September 16, 2013, 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, October 28, 2013. Summer M.M. Kupau /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack