Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0000392 19-DEC-2013 09:02 AM

SCWC-11-0000392 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII ________________________________________________________________

STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

ALLEN TAVARES, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and FRANK HAMPP, Defendant. ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0000392; CR. NO. 09-1-1864)

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

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Allen Tavares’ Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on November 4, 2013, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, December 19, 2013. Dwight C.H. Lum /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Stephen K. Tsushima for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack