Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29939 05-JAN-2012 02:50 PM

NO. SCWC-29939

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee

vs.

MICHAEL C. TIERNEY, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29939; CR. NO. 1P108-6561)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, McKenna, JJ.)

The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on

November 22, 2011 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Michael C.

Tierney is accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding

scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 5, 2012.

Jack Schweigert, /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald on the application for petitioner/ /s/ Paula A. Nakayama defendant-appellant.

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. Delanie D. Prescott-Tate, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. and County of Honolulu, on the response, for respondent/ /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna plaintiff-appellee.