                                                    Electronically Filed
                                                    Supreme Court
                         SCWC-16-0000873            SCWC-16-0000873
                                                    29-JAN-2018
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
                                                    11:05 AM
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         STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  vs.

       TYLER K. WAKAMOTO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
            (CAAP-16-0000873; CASE NO. 1DTA-15-05435)

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

          Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Tyler K. Wakamoto’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on December 20, 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 Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure, move
for retention of oral argument.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 29, 2018.

                                /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
