                                                        Electronically Filed
                                                        Supreme Court
                                                        SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                        14-MAY-2020
                                                        09:21 AM
                          SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

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

                                vs.

       ERNEST J. TAVARES, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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        CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
    (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; Case Nos. 1PC131000445, 1PC131000874,
         1PC131001281, 1PC141000052, and 1PC151000282)


             ORDER DISMISSING CERTIORARI PROCEEDING
        (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.,
   Circuit Judge Nakasone, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused,
     and Circuit Judge Remigio, in place of Wilson, J., recused)

    Upon further consideration of the records and files in this
case, it appearing that the writ of certiorari herein was
improvidently granted,
    IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this certiorari proceeding is
dismissed.
         DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, May 14, 2020.

                               /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
                               /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
                               /s/ Richard W. Pollack
                               /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
                               /s/ Catherine H. Remigio
