Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 05-OCT-2020 (Consolidated with SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX, SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX, 03:22 PM SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX, and SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

CODY B. AMARAL, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CR. NO. 2PC171000023) (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CR. NO. 2PC171000034) (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CR. NO. 2PC171000035) (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CR. NO. 2CPC-XX-XXXXXXX) (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CR. NO. 2CPC-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Viola, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Cody B. Amaral’s application for writ of certiorari filed on August 17, 2020, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, October 5, 2020.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Matthew J. Viola