Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 12-JUL-2021 11:27 AM Dkt. 7 ODAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. KARL L. FORSTER, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CR. NO. 1PC161001251) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Valenciano, in place of Eddins, J., recused) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Karl L. Forster’s application for writ of certiorari filed on June 4, 2021, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, July 12, 2021.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Randal G.B. Valenciano