Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 06-OCT-2023 10:57 AM Dkt. 9 ODAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

JOHN CLINTON EASTERWOOD, 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. 1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX (CR. NO. 1CPC-XX-XXXXXXX)) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, J., Circuit Judge Browning, in place of Eddins, J., recused, and Circuit Judges Chang and Wong, assigned by reason of vacancies) Petitioner John Clinton Easterwood’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on August 27, 2023, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, October 6, 2023.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ R. Mark Browning /s/ Gary W.B. Chang /s/ Paul B.K. Wong