NO. 26819


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




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


vs.


MELVIN DICKENS,
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. KOC03-231)




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

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on November 10, 2005, by the defendant-appellant-petitioner Melvin Dickens, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, November 21, 2005.



Taryn R. Tomasa,
Deputy Public Defender,
for Melvin Dickens on the writ





1.      Considered by: Levinson, Acting C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Town in place of Moon, C.J. recused.