Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30633 04-JAN-2011 09:11 AM

NO. SCWC-30633 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MICHAEL C. TIERNEY, aka MICHAEL C. KING, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CR. NOS. 88-2209 and 89-0024) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., for the court1) Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Michael C. Tierney's application for writ of certiorari, filed on December 6, 2010, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 4, 2011.

FOR THE COURT:

Chief Justice

Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy JJ., and Circuit Judge Del Rosario, assigned by reason of vacancy.