NO. 26225



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




SAMUEL COOPER, JR.,
Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner,


vs.


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



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(S.P.P. NO. 02-1-0063, CR. NO. 93-1560)





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

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on February 24, 2006, by the petitioner-appellant-petitioner Samuel Cooper, Jr., the application is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 6, 2006.



Stuart N. Fujioka, of
Nishioka & Fujioka,
for the petitioner-appellant-petitioner
Samuel Cooper, Jr.,
on the application



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