Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-15-0000657 03-MAR-2017 08:18 AM SCWC-15-0000657 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DARWIN RAMIREZ, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-15-0000657; CR. NO. 98-0-2266) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and Wilson, J., dissenting separately) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Darwin Ramirez’s application for writ of certiorari filed on January 17, 2017, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, March 3, 2017.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack