NO. 24750


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I

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STATE OF HAWAI`I,
Plaintiff-Appellee-Petitioner,


vs.


BARDWELL EBERLY,
Defendant-Appellant-Respondent.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 97-2172)




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

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed April 12, 2005 by the plaintiff-appellee-petitioner State of Hawai`i, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, April 18, 2005.


Daniel H. Shimizu,
deputy prosecuting attorney,
for
the plaintiff-appellee-petitioner
State
of Hawai`i
on the writ



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