                                                    Electronically Filed
                                                    Supreme Court
                                                    SCWC-15-0000066
                         SCWC-15-0000066            24-MAR-2017
                                                    08:29 AM
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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         STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 vs.

       STANLEY S.L. KONG, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
             (CAAP-15-0000066; CR. NO. 09-1-0683(2))

       ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
   (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Wilson, JJ., with
        Circuit Judge Chang in place of Pollack, J., recused)

     Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Stanley S.L. Kong’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on February 9, 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 Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for
retention of oral argument.

          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24, 2017.

                                /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                /s/ Gary W.B. Chang
