                                                        Electronically Filed
                                                        Supreme Court
                                                        SCWC-15-0000657
                                                        03-MAR-2017
                                                        08:18 AM

                          SCWC-15-0000657

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

                                vs.

        DARWIN RAMIREZ, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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        CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
              (CAAP-15-0000657; CR. NO. 98-0-2266)

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

         Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Darwin Ramirez’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on January 17, 2017, is
hereby rejected.
         DATED:    Honolulu, Hawaii, March 3, 2017.

                               /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                               /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                               /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                               /s/ Richard W. Pollack
