NO. 26551



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




JAYSON AMES VIRTUDES, Petitioner


vs.



STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent


ORIGINAL PROCEEDING



ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, and Duffy, JJ.,
and Circuit Judge Sakamoto, in place of Acoba, J.,
who is unavailable)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Jayson A. Virtudes, the papers in support, and the records and files herein, it appears that Petitioner fails to demonstrate that he is entitled to a writ of mandamus. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is denied without prejudice to any remedy Petitioner may have in the circuit court and without prejudice to any eventual remedy Petitioner may have by way of appeal.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, June 30, 2004.



Jayson Ames Virtudes,
petitioner pro se,
on the writ