Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29990 24-FEB-2012 NO. SCWC-29990 10:02 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HYRAM NAO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and LIZCINDAMAE MATSUO, Defendant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29990; CR. NO. 08-1-0306) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J. Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s application for writ of certiorari filed on January 11, 2012, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 24, 2012.

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