Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-15-0000153 15-AUG-2016 12:13 PM

SCWC-15-0000153

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

MORELI PAULO TALAMOA, also known as MORELI PAULO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-15-0000153; CR. NO. 13-1-0738) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Moreli Paulo Talamoa, aka Moreli Paulo’s, application for writ of certiorari filed on July 1, 2016, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 15, 2016.

Phyllis J. Hironaka for petitioner /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

Donn Fudo /s/ Paula A. Nakayama for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson