Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 26-MAY-2021 12:10 PM Dkt. 17 ODAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

WILLIE JAMES JONES, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; S.P.P. NO. 17-1-0012; CR. NO. 1PC950001384) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ., and Circuit Judge Loo, in place of McKenna, J., recused) Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant’s Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on April 20, 2021, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, May 26, 2021.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Rhonda I.L. Loo