NO. 25021



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I,
Respondent-Appellee,


vs.



MARK ALAN MARTINS,
Petitioner-Appellant.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 00-1-0234(1))




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

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed November 15, 2004, by the petitioner-appellant Mark Alan Martins, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, November 23, 2004.



Joyce K. Matsumori-Hoshijo,
for petitioner-appellant
on the application



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