Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0000393 13-JUN-2013 02:55 PM SCWC-11-0000393 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. STANLEY S.L. KONG, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0000393; CR. NO. 09-1-0683(2)) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Judge Ayabe, in place of Pollack, J., recused, with Acoba, J., dissenting separately) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Stanley S.L. Kong’s application for writ of certiorari filed on April 29, 2013, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no oral argument will be heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, June 13, 2013.

Samuel G. MacRoberts for petitioner /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Bert I. Ayabe