                                                    Electronically Filed
                          SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX           Supreme Court
                                                    SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
                                                    05-MAR-2020
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                                                    11:36 AM

        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 ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
        (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)

     Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Ernest J. Tavares’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on January 23, 2020, 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 5, 2020.

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