                                                         Electronically Filed
                                                         Supreme Court
                                                         SCWC-15-0000909
                                                         15-DEC-2017
                                                         03:46 PM
                          SCWC-15-0000909

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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         STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 vs.

     RONALD MELVIN BARNES, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
             (CAAP-15-0000909; FC-CR. NO. 12-1-0057)

       ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
 (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

     Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Ronald Melvin Barnes’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on November 1, 2017, is
hereby accepted.
     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be heard
in this case.   Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to
Rule 34(c) of the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for
retention of oral argument.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, December 15, 2017.

                                /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
