NO. 23068



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I, Petitioner-Appellee-Plaintiff,

vs.

NICOLE COFFEE, Respondent-Appellant-Defendant.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(H.P.D. NO. 98-264970)



ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By Nakayama, J., for the court (1))

Petitioner-Appellee-Plaintiff's application for writ of certiorari filed on March 15, 2004, is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 25, 2004.


Mangmang Qiu Brown
for petitioner-appellee-
plaintiff on the writ


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