Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30227 21-DEC-2011 08:16 AM NO. SCWC-30227

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

LESLIE MICHAEL DABIS, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30227; CR. NO. 07-1-342)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.; and Acoba, J., dissenting)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Leslie Michael Dabis’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on November 10, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 21, 2011.

Vaughan S. Winborne Jr. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner/defendant­ appellant on the /s/ Paula A. Nakayama application /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

DISSENT BY ACOBA, J.

Respectfully, I would accept certiorari in this case.

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.