NO. 26365


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee


vs.


EUGENE JAMES HUTCH, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(S.P.P. NO. 02-1-0074)





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 May 23, 2005 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Eugene James Hutch, the same is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, June 2, 2005.


Eugene James Hutch,
petitioner/defendant-
appellant, pro se,
on the writ.



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