                                                    Electronically Filed
                                                    Supreme Court
                                                    SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
                         SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX            31-DEC-2019
                                                    09:47 AM
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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                          STATE OF HAWAIʻI,
                   Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 vs.

                       SOPHINA PLACENCIA,
                Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
             (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1PC151000445)

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

    Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Sophina Placencia’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on November 8, 2019, is
hereby rejected.
    DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 31, 2019.

                                /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
