NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

NO. 28488


IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I



STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.

WENDY FARROW, aka WENDI FARROW, Defendant-Appellant



APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
(Cr. No. 00-1-166K)


ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Watanabe, Presiding J., Foley, and Fujise, JJ.)

Upon review of the record, it appears that we lack jurisdiction over Defendant-Appellant Wendy Farrow, aka Wendi Farrow's (Appellant Farrow) appeal from the Honorable Elizabeth A. Strance's February 7, 2007 "Order Granting the Director of Health's Motion for an Order Authorizing the Involuntary Administration of Medication" because the February 7, 2007 order is not an appealable order.

"In a circuit court criminal case, a defendant may appeal from the judgment of the circuit court, see HRS § 641-11 (1993), from a certified interlocutory order, see HRS § 641-17 (1993), or from an interlocutory order denying a motion to dismiss based on double jeopardy." State v. Kealaiki, 95 Hawai‘i 309, 312, 22 P.3d 588, 591 (2001). The February 7, 2007 order does not fit into any of these categories of appealable judgments and orders. Absent statutory authority for an appeal, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See, e.g., State v. Johnston, 63 Haw. 9, 11, 619 P.2d 1076, 1077 (1980) (dismissing a defendant's appeal from an order denying the defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment because "such an order is interlocutory and is not a final order or judgment").

Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, July 11, 2007.