Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30733 20-DEC-2011 08:07 AM

NO. SCWC-30733 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. THOMAS H. BROWN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30733; CR. NO. 09-1-0720) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Thomas H. Brown’s application for writ of certiorari filed on November 8, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 20, 2011.

Summer M.M. Kupau, Deputy /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Public Defender, on the application for petitioner/ /s/ Paula A. Nakayama defendant-appellant. /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna