                                                         Electronically Filed
                                                         Supreme Court
                                                         SCWC-12-0001077
                                                         09-DEC-2016
                                                         08:30 AM
                           SCWC-12-0001077

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI


          STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                   v.

           LAULANI TEALE, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.


          CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
              (CAAP-12-001077; CASE NO. 1P1120005320)

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

           Petitioner’s application for writ of certiorari, filed

 on October 24, 2016, 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, Hawaiʻi, December 9, 2016.

                                    /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
                                    /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
                                    /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
                                    /s/ Richard W. Pollack
                                    /s/ Michael D. Wilson
