NO. 25888



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I

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

vs.


JON KA`APUNI,
Defendant-Appellant-Respondent.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CASE NOS. TR 4 & TR 5: 05/13/03,
CITATION NOS. 00155623M & 00145612M)





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

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed March 14, 2005 by the plaintiff-appellee-petitioner State of Hawai`i, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 22, 2005.



Arleen Y. Watanabe,
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.