Mason v. State

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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 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 The same day, Petitioner mailed a letter to this court explaining that his counsel had withdrawn and submitted a second application for writ of certiorari.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. 5, 2012 by Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant Tad Mason is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, April 12, 2012. Brian J. De Lima, William Heflin, (Crudele & De Lima) for petitioner/petitionerappellant on the application, filed on March 5, 2012. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Tad Mason, pro se, for petitioner/petitionerappellant on the application, filed on March 15, 2012. /s/ Michael D. Wilson Jack N. Matsukawa, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent/respondentappellee on the response. 2

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