Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000675 06-FEB-2014 10:45 AM

SCWC-12-0000675

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII _________________________________________________________________

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

vs.

TEVITA LEOKAVA AHOLELEI, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant

_______________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-12-0000675; CR. NO. 11-1-1881)

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

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Tevita Leokava Aholelei=s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on December 27, 2013, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, February 6, 2014.

Thomas R. Waters /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Stephen K. Tsushima for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Virginia L. Crandall