State v. Yuen

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: January 30, 2024
• Docket: SCWC-21-0000679
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 30-JAN-2024 10:31 AM Dkt. 5 OGAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

CHARLES TUNG MING YUEN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1DTA-18-03510)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens JJ.)

The application for writ of certiorari filed on December

18, 2023, by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Charles Tung Ming

Yuen (“Yuen”) is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral

argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk

regarding scheduling.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 5 days of this order,

Yuen shall serve trial counsel, Mr. Barry Sooalo, Esq., with the

opening and reply briefs filed in the Intermediate Court of

Appeals and the certiorari application filed here pursuant to

Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure rule 28(a) (2022). Trial counsel shall have 30 days from the date of service to file a

response to the ineffective assistance claim. If trial counsel

files a response, the State and Yuen shall have 15 days from the

filing of such response to respond to trial counsel’s

submission.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 30, 2024.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Vladimir P. Devens