Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 31-MAR-2025 08:36 AM Dkt. 11 ODAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. TYLER BENJAMIN NICHOLS, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CPC-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., and Circuit Judge Copeland, in place of Devens, J., recused) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Tyler Benjamin Nichols’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on February 21, 2025, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 31, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Rebecca A. Copeland