NO. 21639



IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS



OF THE STATE OF HAWAII





STATE OF HAWAII, ) CR. NOS. 97-0725(2)

)

Plaintiff-Appellant,) APPEAL FROM THE

) SECOND CIRCUIT COURT

v. )

)

JAMES KIMO AKAHI, )

)

Defendant-Appellee. )

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)

STATE OF HAWAII, ) CR. NO. 97-0727(2)

)

Plaintiff-Appellant,)

)

v. )

)

TERRY N. KAAHANUI, )

)

Defendant-Appellee. )

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ORDER OF AMENDMENT



In the above-entitled case, the opinion of the court filed on October 27, 1999, is hereby amended as set forth below.

At lines 2, 3, and 4 of the second paragraph of the opinion on page 1, the referenced citation of the case entitled Tachibana v. State is amended as follows: Tachibana v. State, 79 Hawaii 226, 236-37, 240, 900 P.2d 1293, 1301, 1303-04, 1307 (1995) (footnotes omitted, footnote added).

The Clerk of the Court is directed to incorporate the foregoing change in the original opinion.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, November 1, 1999.



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JAMES S. BURNS

Chief Judge





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CORINNE K. A. WATANABE

Associate Judge





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SIMEON R. ACOBA, JR.

Associate Judge