Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-16-0000246 21-DEC-2017 11:36 AM SCWC-16-0000246

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

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

vs.

JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-16-0000246; CASE NO. 1DTA-15-01669)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Jon Riki Karamatsu’s

application for writ of certiorari filed on October 25, 2017, is

hereby rejected.1 DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 21, 2017.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

1 Our rejection of petitioner’s application for writ of certiorari should not be construed as our agreement with footnote 6 of the Intermediate Court of Appeals’ Memorandum Opinion, as the appeal of State v. Tsujimura, 137 Hawai#i 117, 366 P.3d 173 (App. 2016) was cited in petitioner’s statement of related cases. See also Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 36(c)(2).