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