NO. 23823

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I

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

vs.

GARDINER B. SMITH, III, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

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APPEAL FROM THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 99-1186)
 
 

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

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed November 20, 2001 by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Gardiner B. Smith, III, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, November 29, 2001.
 

Michael G.M. Ostendorp
for the defendant-
appellant-petitioner
on the writ
 

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