Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29971 26-MAY-2011 NO. SCWC-29971 08:23 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BRIAN L. STANTON, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29971; CR. NO. 08-1-1801) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., for the court1 , with Acoba, J., dissenting separately) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Brian L. Stanton’s application for writ of certiorari filed on April 14, 2011, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 26, 2011. FOR THE COURT: Taryn R. Tomasa, Deputy Public Defender, for /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner/defendant appellant on the Chief Justice application. DISSENT BY ACOBA, J. I would grant the Application for Writ of Certiorari inasmuch as the several errors, including the allowance of rebuttal testimony, warrant a second review. /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. 1 Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.