NO. 25904



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee


vs.


DEBORAH K. MAINAAUPO, aka Debra K. Kanakaole, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 00-1-1520)






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

The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on July 5, 2005 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Deborah K. Mainaaupo, is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, July 15, 2005.


DISSENT BY ACOBA, J., IN WHICH DUFFY, J., JOINS

I respectfully dissent from the denial of certiorari. Based on my dissent in State v. Rivera, 106 Hawai`i 146, 102 P.3d 1044 (2004), I would grant certiorari and vacate the circuit court's sentence.


Mary Ann Barnard, on
the writ for petitioner/
defendant-appellant.




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