Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-15-0000040 03-FEB-2016 09:44 AM

SCWC-15-0000040

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

RICHARD STAR, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant,

vs.

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

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-15-0000040; S.P.P. NO. 14-1-0017; CR. NO. 94-1549)

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

Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Richard Star’s application for writ of certiorari filed on December 24, 2015, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, February 3, 2016.

Richard Star /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner pro se /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Diane K. Taira for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Karen S. S. Ahn