Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000583 09-JAN-2015 11:36 AM

SCWC-12-0000583

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

TYRONE SMITH, JR., Respondent/Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-12-0000583; CR. NO. 10-1-1569)

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

Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawaii’s application for writ of certiorari filed on November 25, 2014, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 9, 2015.

Donn Fudo /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Lars Robert Isaacson for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Karl K. Sakamoto