Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-14-0000986 01-AUG-2017 01:13 PM SCWC-14-0000986 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THOMAS A. RUSSO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-14-0000986; 2DCW-12-0000873) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioner’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on June 22, 2017, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, August 1, 2017.

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