NO. 25751


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee


vs.



JOSEPH P. PURTELL, JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 98-1051)




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

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on February 23, 2005 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Joseph P. Purtell, Jr., the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 7, 2005.


Joseph P. Purtell, Jr.,
petitioner/defendant-
appellant, pro se, on the
writ.



1.    The court: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.