                                                         Electronically Filed
                                                         Supreme Court
                                                         SCWC-14-0000427
                                                         24-DEC-2015
                                                         08:30 AM

                          SCWC-14-0000427

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


                                 vs.


                EUGENE PARIS, JR., also known as 

    EUGENE J.E. RIVERA, JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
               (CAAP-14-0000427; CR. NO. 12-1-0191)

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

          Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Eugene Paris, Jr., also
known as Eugene J.E. Rivera, Jr.’s application for writ of
certiorari filed on November 15, 2015, is hereby accepted and
will be scheduled for oral argument.     The parties will be
notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, December 24, 2015.

Marcus Landsberg, IV            /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
for petitioner
                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
Brian R. Vincent
for respondent                  /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
