NO. 20146



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I





STATE OF HAWAI`I,



Respondent-Appellee,



vs.



MALAKAI MAUMALANGA,



Petitioner-Appellant.

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CR. NO. 95-1252

















ORDER



Petitioner-Appellant Malakai Maumalanga's Application for Writ of Certiorari filed September 10, 1998 is hereby granted.

Each party may, but need not, file a supplemental brief with respect to the issues raised in the application for certiorari. Any such brief shall contain no more than 15 pages and shall be filed no later than 30 days after the date of this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, September 14, 1998.





Associate Justice



Theodore Y.H. Chinn and

Rose Ann Fletcher,

Deputy Public Defenders,

on the writ