Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29615 27-JAN-2011 09:29 AM

NO. SCWC-29615

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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

vs.

PETER TIA, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. 29615; CR. NO. 08-1-0985)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Duffy, J., for the court1 )

Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawaii’s

application for writ of certiorari, filed on December 17, 2010,

is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 27, 2011.

FOR THE COURT:

/s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

Associate Justice

Stephen K. Tsushima, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for petitioner/plaintiff­ appellee on the application

Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.,

and Circuit Judge Castagnetti, assigned by reason of vacancy.