NO. 26171



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee

vs.

ANIBAL ORTIZ, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant




CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 03-1-0036)





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

The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on January 4, 2006 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Anibal Ortiz is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 17, 2006.


Shawn A. Luiz, on
the writ.



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