IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I





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STATE OF HAWAI`I, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MERVIN DUDOIT, JR.,

Defendant-Appellant





NO. 21417





MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION



(FC-CR. NO. 97-0764)





JUNE 9, 1999





MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, AND RAMIL, JJ.



The defendant-appellant Mervin Dudoit, Jr. having filed a motion for reconsideration of the April 26, 1999 opinion of the court on May 6, 1999, the motion is hereby denied.

Associate Justice Ramil, having dissented from the majority in the original opinion, does not concur.









Theodore Y.H. Chinn, Deputy

Public Defender, for the

defendant-appellant

Mervin Dudoit, Jr.

on the motion