NO. 26354


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee


vs.


WARREN K. ELICKER, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant


and


ALBERT R. BATALONA and DAVID K. SCRIVNER, Defendants



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CR. NO. 03-1-0787)



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

The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on March 31, 2006 by Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Warren K. Elicker is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, April 10, 2006.



CONCURRENCE AND DISSENT BY ACOBA, J.,
IN WHICH DUFFY, J., JOINS

I concur except with respect to the imposition of an extended sentence, based on my dissent in State v. White, 110 Hawai`i 79, --, 129 P.3d 1107, -- (2006).


Shawn A. Luiz, on
the writ, for petitioner/
defendant-appellant.



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