NO. 26009



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



STATE OF HAWAI`I,
Respondent-Appellee,


vs.


GERVEN SORINO,
Petitioner-Appellant.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 98-0347)




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

Upon consideration of application for a writ of certiorari filed July 28, 2005, by the petitioner-appellant Gerven Sorino, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, August 3, 2005.


Cnythia A. Kagiwada,
for petitioner-appellant
on the application



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