                                                         Electronically Filed
                                                         Supreme Court
                                                         SCWC-14-0001044
                                                         14-JAN-2016
                                                         12:18 PM

                           SCWC-14-0001044

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

                                 vs.

       JASON K. BALCITA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
       (CAAP-14-0001044; CR. NOS. 12-1-1223 and 12-1-1674)

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

          Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Jason K. Balcita’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on December 4, 2015, is
hereby rejected.
          DATED:    Honolulu, Hawaii, January 14, 2016.

Shawn A. Luiz                   /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
for petitioner
                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
James M. Anderson
for respondent                  /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
