State v. Atwood

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-30337

05-OCT-2012

08:59 AM

NO. SCWC-30337

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

TERRANCE E. ATWOOD, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30337; CR. NO. 07-1-0635)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND REQUESTING FURTHER BRIEFING (By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.

and Circuit Judge Sakamoto, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari filed on August 24, 2012, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall file a supplemental brief addressing the issue of whether sufficient evidence existed to indict Petitioner under Hawai'i Revised Statutes § 708-830.5(1)(a) for theft “[o]f property or services, the value of which exceeds $20,000[.]” Each party’s supplemental

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brief shall not exceed 10 pages in length and shall be filed within 14 days after the filing of this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 5, 2012.

David A. Sereno for /s/ Paula A. Nakayama petitioner /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

Peter A. Hanano for respondent /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Karl K. Sakamoto