Hawaii Supreme Court, 2012

Mason v. State

Hawaii Supreme Court · Decided April 12, 2012

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30511 12-APR-2012 09:51 AM

NO. SCWC-30511

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

TAD MASON, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant, vs.

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30511; S.P.P. NO. 99-06)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI1 (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Judge Wilson, in place of Duffy, J., recused) The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on March 5, 2012 by Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Tad Mason is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, April 12, 2012.

Brian J. De Lima, /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald William Heflin, (Crudele & De Lima) /s/ Paula A. Nakayama for petitioner/petitioner- appellant on the application, /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. filed on March 5, 2012. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Tad Mason, pro se, for petitioner/petitioner- /s/ Michael D. Wilson appellant on the application, filed on March 15, 2012.

Jack N. Matsukawa,

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent/respondent- appellee on the response.

1 Petitioner filed an application for writ of certiorari through his court-appointed counsel on March 5, 2012, 90 days after the judgment of the ICA was entered. The same day, Petitioner mailed a letter to this court explaining that his counsel had withdrawn and submitted a second application for writ of certiorari. Petitioner’s second application was electronically filed on March 16, 2012. Without deciding the appropriateness of the second filing, this court considered both submissions.

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