Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000020 16-JAN-2014 07:50 AM SCWC-12-0000020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

LINCOLN PHILLIPS, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-12-0000020; CR. NO. 08-1-1430)

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

and Circuit Judge Nishimura in place of Acoba, J., recused)

Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee’s Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on December 5, 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, January 16, 2014.

Stephen K. Tsushima /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Randall K. Hironaka for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Rhonda A. Nishimura