(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.