NO. 22647





IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII




STATE OF HAWAII, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent,


vs.



SIPU LAUPO KIVAHA, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(TRAFFIC NO. 4733037MO)

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Levinson, for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on February 22, 2001 by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Sipu Laupo Kivaha, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2, 2001.









Cindy A. L. Goodness,

Deputy Public Defender,

for defendant-appellant-

petitioner on the writ

1. Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.